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How to Synergize Shyvana with Kassadin on the Same TeamShyvana is in the b tier of champions

Shyvana with Kassadin

How to Win With Shyvana and Kassadin Paired TogetherShyvana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Shyvana and Kassadin

based on 612 Shyvana with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Shyvana has fought alongside Kassadin in 612 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data straight from the developers of League, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Shyvana play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Shyvana to play alongside Kassadin on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 1.2% of games with Shyvana.

Shyvana Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Shyvana does a poor job of synergizing with Kassadin. Normally, she wins a poor 47.1% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Shyvana when playing with Kassadin by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shyvana vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Shyvana Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapSundered SkyTitanic HydraTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shyvana to level upe
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Second ability for Shyvana to level upw
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Last skill for Shyvana to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Shyvana's passive ability p
Shyvana's q ability q
Shyvana's w ability w
Shyvana's e ability e
Shyvana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
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W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Shyvana and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Shyvana with Kassadin

It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.

Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.

Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.

Advice to Understand How Kassadin Will Play

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Shyvana Kassadin Synergy Stats

Shyvana Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Kassadin Image
5.5
< Kills >
6
6
< Deaths >
6
6.4
< Assists >
6.5
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
63
< Minions Killed >
68
1.61
< Dragons Killed >
1.61
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
4,842
< Physical Damage >
4,982
13,264
< Magic Damage >
14,146
1,030
< True Damage >
1,023
19,136
< Damage Dealt >
20,152
33,517
< Damage Taken >
33,747
11,979
< Gold Earned >
12,288
1.68
< Towers >
1.75
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
12,567
< Total Healing >
12,365
14,160
< Experience >
14,393
22
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
7
197
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Play with Kassadin as Shyvana in LoL

The Shyvana Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Shyvana sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kassadin helps Shyvana perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Shyvana is an ally to Kassadin, she sees a barely noticable drop in her complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Kassadin does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Shyvana is played alongside Kassadin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kassadin.

Moreover, when Shyvana plays with Kassadin on the same side, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kassadin does a decent job of protecting Shyvana in teamfights.

Synergies between Shyvana and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Shyvana
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shyvana
Kassadin

Is Shyvana better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no top companion for Shyvana that will always be her top synergy. Yet, Kassadin is a below average companion for Shyvana. By playing on the same side as Shyvana, he decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 47.1%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Shyvana and Kassadin that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Shyvana. That means you must be careful when lining up Kassadin teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by bringing Shyvana and Kassadin together, you may not be providing your other teammates much crowd control. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.

Regardless of your Kassadin ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Shyvana Players

How We Calculated Our Shyvana Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shyvana and Kassadin, we analyzed 612 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Shyvana with Kassadin comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana to work well with Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Shyvana and Kassadin synergy build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average winrate of 47.1% helping carry Kassadin with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Shyvana players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Shyvana and Kassadin pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.

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