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How to Win Nilah vs Shyvana Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Shyvana

How to Beat Shyvana as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Shyvana as Nilah

based on 806 Nilah vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each week. In our dataset, Nilah engaged Shyvana 806 times. Including so many matchups for Nilah vs Shyvana provides us faith in our ability to prepare actionable stats and a pro build to wreck your rival. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Nilah fights Shyvana in only 1.3% of their rounds.

Nilah vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Nilah does a decent job of beating Shyvana. On average, they wins a acceptable 51.2% of games the champs battle each other in. In Nilah vs Shyvana matches, Nilah’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that they most likely will be able to get first blood against Shyvana.

Best Nilah vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Nilah

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.

Nilah vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Shyvana Image
7.8
< Kills >
5.9
6.4
< Deaths >
6
5.9
< Assists >
7
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
168
< Minions Killed >
65
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
1.58
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.44
17,885
< Physical Damage >
4,984
173
< Magic Damage >
13,732
382
< True Damage >
981
18,440
< Damage Dealt >
19,698
23,330
< Damage Taken >
32,821
12,550
< Gold Earned >
12,001
2.54
< Towers >
1.68
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
8,421
< Total Healing >
12,146
13,260
< Experience >
14,051
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
6
85
< Time Dealing CC >
178

How to Counter Shyvana with Nilah in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some significant Nilah versus Shyvana matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between these two champions. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Shyvana..

Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. On average, they receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nilah and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Shyvana

Who is Better, Nilah or Shyvana?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Shyvana, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes a good counter for Shyvana.

While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Shyvanaas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Shyvana matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Nilah is a decent counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Shyvana.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Nilah, we analyzed 806 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shyvana as Nilah comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nilah in order to counter Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah often accumulates more CS as Shyvana. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Nilah versus Shyvana build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs Shyvana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 51.2% battling Shyvana with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Shyvana as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nilah vs Shyvana counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Shyvana as Nilah are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.