Veigar vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Veigar
based on 2,018 Veigar vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Shyvana
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
Advice to Win Against Shyvana
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.
Veigar vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Veigar vs. Shyvana matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shyvana..
Veigar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Veigar and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Veigar or Shyvana?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when playing against Shyvana, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes an ok counter to Shyvana.
While Veigar does have a lower winrate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Shyvanaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana 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.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Shyvana. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Veigar against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar in order to counter Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar often accumulates more CS as Shyvana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Shyvana build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Shyvana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Shyvana with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Shyvana as Veigar, Veigar players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Veigar vs Shyvana face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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