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How to Win Shyvana vs Nilah Counter MatchupShyvana is in the b tier of champions

Shyvana vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Shyvana in LoLShyvana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Shyvana

based on 806 Shyvana vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our data, Shyvana engaged Nilah in 806 games. Including so many matchups for Shyvana versus Nilah provides us confidence in our ability to provide informative statistics and a supported build to destroy your opposition. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Shyvana has to counter Nilah in only 1.5% of her matches.

Shyvana vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shyvana has done a poor job of countering Nilah. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Shyvana against Nilah matches, Shyvana’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Nilah.

Best Shyvana vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Shyvana Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Sundered SkyTitanic HydraLiandry's TormentTrinity Force

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
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W
3
Q
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Shyvana

Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Nilah

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.

Shyvana vs Nilah Counter Stats

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

How to Counter Nilah with Shyvana in LoL

The stats provided here feature several critical Shyvana against Nilah matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Shyvana often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Nilah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shyvana and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Shyvana
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shyvana
Nilah

Who is Better, Shyvana or Nilah?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shyvana usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Shyvana makes a bad counter to Nilah.

While Shyvana does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when on opposite teams, Shyvana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shyvana into Nilah.

Furthermore, Shyvana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Shyvana is a somewhat poor counter to Nilah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shyvana against Nilah.

Additional Information for Shyvana Players

How We Calculated Our Shyvana vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Shyvana, 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 Nilah 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana in order to counter Nilah during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shyvana most often gets less CS as Nilah. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot 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 shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Shyvana versus Nilah build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Nilah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Nilah with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Nilah as Shyvana, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Shyvana vs Nilah fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.

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