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

Shyvana vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Shyvana in LoLShyvana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Shyvana

based on 767 Shyvana vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, Shyvana battled Alistar in 767 matches. With so many matchups for Shyvana vs Alistar provides us confidence in our ability to prepare informative data and a pro build to obliterate Alistar. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Shyvana has to counter Alistar in only 1.5% of her games.

Shyvana vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shyvana does a below average job of beating Alistar. On average, she wins a lowly 47.3% of games the champs face one another in. In Shyvana against Alistar rounds, Shyvana’s side is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably won't get first blood against Alistar.

Best Shyvana vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Shyvana Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingSundered SkyLiandry's TormentShadowflame

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
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4
E
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E
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Shyvana

Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Alistar

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 Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Shyvana vs Alistar Counter Stats

Shyvana Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Alistar Image
6
< Kills >
2.1
6.1
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
14
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
69
< Minions Killed >
34
1.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.5
5,155
< Physical Damage >
1,403
14,734
< Magic Damage >
7,058
1,138
< True Damage >
911
21,028
< Damage Dealt >
9,372
33,428
< Damage Taken >
26,364
12,285
< Gold Earned >
8,584
1.74
< Towers >
1.94
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,102
< Total Healing >
9,695
14,236
< Experience >
10,713
23
< Vision Score >
53
7
< Wards Placed >
23
190
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Alistar with Shyvana in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Shyvana against Alistar counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Shyvana normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shyvana and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Shyvana
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shyvana
Alistar

Who is Better, Shyvana or Alistar?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shyvana usually loses when taking on Alistar, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes a bad counter to Alistar.

While Shyvana does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Shyvana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Shyvana into Alistar.

Additionally, Shyvana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Shyvana is a garbage counter for Alistar. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shyvana against Alistar.

Additional Information for Shyvana Players

How We Calculated Our Shyvana vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Shyvana, we analyzed 767 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 Alistar 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana in order to counter Alistar during both the early game 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 suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shyvana often gets more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Shyvana versus Alistar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Alistar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when playing against Alistar with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Alistar as Shyvana, Shyvana players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Shyvana vs Alistar counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.

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