Swain vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Swain
based on 2,010 Swain vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Shyvana
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
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.
Swain vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Swain versus Shyvana matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..
Swain usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Swain or Shyvana?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Swain makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Shyvanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain also has some 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Shyvana matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is a decent counter to Shyvana. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Swain versus Shyvana build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Shyvana than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Shyvana with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Shyvana as Swain, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Swain vs Shyvana LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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