Naafiri vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Naafiri
based on 685 Naafiri vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Shyvana
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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.
Naafiri vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Naafiri vs. Shyvana matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Shyvana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when facing off against Shyvana, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a bad counter to Shyvana.
While Naafiri does have a lower winrate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Shyvana.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, 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 is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Shyvana during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often gets more CS as Shyvana. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Shyvana build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better versus Shyvana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Shyvana as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Naafiri vs Shyvana counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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