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.
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Rell against Shyvana matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shyvana. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Rell typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rell usually wins when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Rell makes a good counter for Shyvana.
While Rell does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Rell also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rell into Shyvana.
Furthermore, Rell has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Rell vs Shyvana matchups, Rell is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Rell is a decent counter to Shyvana. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rell against Shyvana.
If you would like to truly master Rell in order to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell usually accumulates less CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Rell versus Shyvana build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Rell included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Shyvana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rell had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Shyvana with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Shyvana as Rell, Rell players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Rell vs Shyvana matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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