Maokai vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Maokai
based on 2,082 Maokai vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Shyvana
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Maokai vs. Shyvana matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Maokai or Shyvana?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Shyvana, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Shyvana.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Shyvana.
Moreover, Maokai also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Maokai vs Shyvana matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Maokai is an above average counter for Shyvana. 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 Maokai against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Shyvana. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Shyvana build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Shyvana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 53.0% battling Shyvana with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Shyvana as Maokai, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Maokai vs Shyvana counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Shyvana as Maokai are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.