Kennen vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Kennen
based on 541 Kennen vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Shyvana
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
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.
Kennen vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some vital Kennen versus Shyvana counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..
Kennen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Shyvana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Kennen or Shyvana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Shyvana.
Furthermore, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average picks up more CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Kennen versus Shyvana build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Shyvana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Shyvana as Kennen, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kennen vs Shyvana matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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