Shyvana with Akali
How to Synergize Shyvana and Akali
based on 2,851 Shyvana with Akali pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shyvana Akali Synergy Summary
Best Shyvana vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shyvana and Akali
Tips for Playing as Shyvana with Akali
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 Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Shyvana Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Shyvana in LoL
The Shyvana Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shyvana sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Akali helps Shyvana perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shyvana tries to synergize with Akali, she gets a little drop in her full damage output. This change could indicate that Akali does not provide cover for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Shyvana is played with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Akali.
Additionally, when Shyvana plays with Akali on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Akali does a poor job of protecting Shyvana in teamfights.
Synergies between Shyvana and Akali
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Is Shyvana better when played alongside Akali?
There is no top companion for Shyvana that will always be her best teammate. Yet, Akali is a very typical companion for Shyvana. By being on the same team as Shyvana, she lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 48.7%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Shyvana and Akali that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Akali has a greater difficulty than Shyvana. That means you should be cautious when finding Akali comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Shyvana players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Shyvana and Akali together, you probably will not be giving your team very much crowd control. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Akali ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana in order to work well with Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to build first in your Shyvana and Akali synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Shyvana bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Akali than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when playing alongside Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Shyvana players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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