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Shyvana with Naafiri

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How to Synergize Shyvana and Naafiri

based on 696 Shyvana with Naafiri pairs
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Shyvana has gone into battle with Naafiri in 696 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data from the hosts of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Shyvana synergize with Naafiri. It is very rare for Shyvana to play with Naafiri on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 1.3% of rounds with Shyvana.

Shyvana Naafiri Synergy Summary

Shyvana has done a decent job of synergizing with Naafiri. Usually, she wins an acceptable 51.4% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to do better as Shyvana when fighting on the same team as Naafiri by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shyvana vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

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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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Shyvana and Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Shyvana with Naafiri

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 Naafiri Will Play

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Shyvana Naafiri Synergy Stats

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Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
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6.1
< Kills >
6
5.7
< Deaths >
6
6.8
< Assists >
6.5
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
62
< Minions Killed >
68
1.8
< Dragons Killed >
1.61
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.48
4,440
< Physical Damage >
4,982
14,444
< Magic Damage >
14,146
1,057
< True Damage >
1,023
19,941
< Damage Dealt >
20,152
33,031
< Damage Taken >
33,747
12,358
< Gold Earned >
12,288
1.84
< Towers >
1.75
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
12,584
< Total Healing >
12,365
14,408
< Experience >
14,393
22
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
7
194
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Play with Naafiri as Shyvana in LoL

The Shyvana Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Naafiri helps Shyvana perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Shyvana tries to synergize with Naafiri, she gets a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Naafiri does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shyvana is played with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Naafiri.

Moreover, when Shyvana plays with Naafiri on the same team, she usually receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Shyvana in team fights.

Synergies between Shyvana and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Shyvana
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shyvana
Naafiri

Is Shyvana better when played alongside Naafiri?

There is no one best champion pairing for Shyvana that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. Yet, Naafiri is a pretty good teammate for Shyvana. By locking into the same team as Shyvana, they increases their win rate by 2.3% to 51.4%. This shows that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Shyvana and Naafiri that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Shyvana. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Naafiri allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by pairing Shyvana and Naafiri together, you probably will not be granting your team enough magical damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Naafiri teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Shyvana Players

How We Calculated Our Shyvana Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shyvana and Naafiri, we analyzed 696 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 Naafiri 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana in order to synergize with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to have in your Shyvana and Naafiri synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shyvana had an average win rate of 51.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Naafiri with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Shyvana players should take 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 sets players chose for Shyvana and Naafiri pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.

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