Caitlyn vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Caitlyn
based on 5,341 Caitlyn vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Shyvana
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Caitlyn versus Shyvana counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Shyvana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when playing against Shyvana, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Shyvana.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Shyvana matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically gets more CS as Shyvana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Shyvana build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Shyvana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 50.7% battling Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Shyvana as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Shyvana face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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