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Shyvana vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Shyvana in LoLShyvana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Shyvana

based on 820 Shyvana vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Gragas as Shyvana came out of an analysis of 820 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Shyvana encounters Gragas in only 1.6% of her games.

Shyvana vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Shyvana does a good job of beating Gragas. Typically, she wins a whopping 53.8% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Shyvana vs Gragas rounds, Shyvana’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Gragas.

Best Shyvana vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Shyvana Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingTrinity ForceTitanic HydraShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shyvana to level upe
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Second ability for Shyvana to level upw
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Last skill for Shyvana to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Shyvana's passive ability p
Shyvana's q ability q
Shyvana's w ability w
Shyvana's e ability e
Shyvana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
6
R
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Shyvana

Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Gragas

It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.

Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.

Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.

Advice to Win Against Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Shyvana vs Gragas Counter Stats

Shyvana Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Gragas Image
6
< Kills >
5.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.7
6.7
< Assists >
7
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
69
< Minions Killed >
104
1.66
< Dragons Killed >
0.6
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.36
4,954
< Physical Damage >
1,436
14,431
< Magic Damage >
17,873
983
< True Damage >
688
20,368
< Damage Dealt >
19,997
34,081
< Damage Taken >
29,875
12,436
< Gold Earned >
11,147
1.85
< Towers >
1.39
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.13
12,561
< Total Healing >
12,501
14,559
< Experience >
14,009
23
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
8
195
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Counter Gragas with Shyvana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Shyvana versus Gragas matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gragas..

Shyvana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Gragas. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shyvana and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Shyvana
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shyvana
Gragas

Who is Better, Shyvana or Gragas?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually wins when playing against Gragas, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes a great counter for Gragas.

While Shyvana does have a higher winrate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Shyvana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Shyvana into Gragas.

Additionally, Shyvana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Gragas matchups, Shyvana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Shyvana is a great counter for Gragas. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shyvana against Gragas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shyvana

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Shyvana Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shyvana Players

How We Calculated Our Shyvana vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Shyvana, we analyzed 820 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 Gragas as Shyvana 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.

Other Useful Resources

Shyvana Build Gragas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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

Shyvana most often accumulates less CS as Gragas. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Shyvana versus Gragas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Gragas than with many other common item sets. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average win rate of 53.8% when playing against Gragas with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Gragas as Shyvana, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Shyvana vs Gragas face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.

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