Shyvana vs Nunu & Willump Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Jungle, this is Shyvana versus Nunu & Willump — a fighter/tank hybrid against a tank/mage hybrid. 420 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Shyvana at a 46.0% win rate into Nunu & Willump. Sitting 4.0 points below the 50% line marks Nunu & Willump as a genuine problem pick for Shyvana.
Track Inferno Aegis on Shyvana and Absolute Zero on Nunu & Willump — the matchup swings on those two. Level six shifts things: Dragon’s Descent on one side, Absolute Zero on the other. Resources split the two: Fury for Shyvana, Mana for Nunu & Willump.
Both champions are melee (Shyvana at 150, Nunu & Willump at 125), so the matchup is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
One threat is physical (Shyvana), the other magic (Nunu & Willump), and their item paths diverge from there. Before items it is 625 HP, 35 armour, 32 MR for Shyvana; 610, 29, 32 for Nunu & Willump. 6 armour of separation tilts level-one trades toward Shyvana. At full build levels the gap widens to 2240 HP versus 2140, favouring Shyvana. Speed reads 350 to 345, handing Shyvana the better rotations.
That 46.0% rests on 420 recorded games from 16.13.1. Everything comes from Emerald+ solo queue and refreshes without manual input.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Nunu & Willump has the statistical edge. Shyvana wins 46.0% of the recorded games.
46.0% from Shyvana's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
420 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Shyvana build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Shyvana build page.