Shyvana vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Shyvana
based on 1,543 Shyvana vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Shyvana vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Shyvana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Shyvana vs. Kayle matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kayle..
Shyvana often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Kayle
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Kayle?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually loses when playing against Kayle, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes a poor counter to Kayle.
While Shyvana does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Shyvana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Shyvana into Kayle.
Moreover, Shyvana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often 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 Shyvana vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Shyvana is a somewhat poor counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shyvana against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shyvana to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana on average racks up less CS relative to Kayle. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Shyvana versus Kayle build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average winrate of 48.1% battling Kayle with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Kayle as Shyvana, Shyvana players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Shyvana vs Kayle LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.
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