Graves vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Graves
based on 2,210 Graves vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Shyvana
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some strategic Graves against Shyvana counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between these two champions. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana..
Graves typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Graves or Shyvana?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Shyvana, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter for Shyvana.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Shyvana.
Additionally, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Shyvana matchups, Graves is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Graves is a decent counter for Shyvana. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Graves versus Shyvana build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Shyvana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Shyvana with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Shyvana as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Graves vs Shyvana battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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