Kalista vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Kalista
based on 473 Kalista vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Shyvana
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Kalista against Shyvana matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between these two champs. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Shyvana. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Kalista or Shyvana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Kalista does have a higher win rate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Shyvanaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Shyvana matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kalista is a decent counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often accumulates more CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kalista versus Shyvana build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Shyvana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Shyvana with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Shyvana as Kalista, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Kalista vs Shyvana counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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