Azir vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Azir
based on 757 Azir vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Shyvana
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
Advice to Win Against Shyvana
All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.
Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.
A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.
Azir vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Azir vs. Shyvana counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..
Azir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Azir or Shyvana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when playing against Shyvana, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Azir does have a higher winrate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Azir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Azir into Shyvanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Shyvana matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Azir is a decent counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Azir against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir often picks up more CS as Shyvana. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Azir versus Shyvana build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Shyvana than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Shyvana as Azir, Azir players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Azir vs Shyvana clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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