Malzahar vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Malzahar
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Malzahar vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Shyvana
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several important Malzahar vs. Shyvana counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..
Malzahar normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Shyvana?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Shyvana.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Shyvana.
Moreover, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Malzahar vs Shyvana matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically accumulates more CS compared to Shyvana. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Shyvana build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Shyvana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Shyvana as Malzahar, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Malzahar vs Shyvana fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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