Shyvana vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Shyvana
based on 2,147 Shyvana vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Shyvana vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Shyvana in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Shyvana vs. Varus matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Shyvana often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Varus
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Shyvana makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Shyvana does have a higher win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Shyvana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shyvana into Varus.
Furthermore, Shyvana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This 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 Shyvana vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Shyvana is a decent counter for Varus. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Shyvana against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shyvana to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana on average gets less CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Shyvana versus Varus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Shyvana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shyvana had an average win rate of 50.0% battling Varus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Varus 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Shyvana vs Varus LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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