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How to Win Ahri vs Zyra Counter MatchupAhri is in the b tier of champions

Ahri vs Zyra

How to Beat Zyra as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zyra as Ahri

based on 4,581 Ahri vs Zyra matchups
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League games each week. Within our database, Ahri faced off against Zyra 4581 times. Having so many matchups for Ahri versus Zyra provides us confidence in our capability to prepare useful data and a recommended build to suppress your foe. This counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Ahri has to counter Zyra in only 4.1% of her matches.

Ahri vs Zyra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri does a pathetic job of countering Zyra. On average, she wins a lowly 45.8% of games the champions face each other in. In Ahri against Zyra games, Ahri’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Zyra.

Best Ahri vs Zyra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameZhonya's HourglassVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Zyra

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Zyra

Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.

Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.

Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.

Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.

Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.

Ahri vs Zyra Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Zyra Image
6.4
< Kills >
3.7
5.7
< Deaths >
6.2
7.3
< Assists >
10.7
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
0.79
171
< Minions Killed >
58
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,474
< Physical Damage >
1,004
15,265
< Magic Damage >
19,875
5,181
< True Damage >
1,074
21,922
< Damage Dealt >
21,954
21,575
< Damage Taken >
18,556
11,594
< Gold Earned >
9,856
1.88
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,373
< Total Healing >
2,047
14,819
< Experience >
11,707
20
< Vision Score >
59
10
< Wards Placed >
25
73
< Time Dealing CC >
279

How to Counter Zyra with Ahri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Ahri against Zyra counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..

Ahri typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Zyra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Zyra

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Zyra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Zyra

Who is Better, Ahri or Zyra?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually loses when trying to fight Zyra, with a 45.8% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes a bad counter for Zyra.

While Ahri does have a much lower win rate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ahri into Zyra.

Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Ahri is a garbage counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Zyra.

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Zyra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zyra as Ahri, we analyzed 4,581 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 Zyra as Ahri 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri often racks up more CS compared to Zyra. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Ahri versus Zyra build include Cryptbloom, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Zyra than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 45.8% battling Zyra with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating Zyra as Ahri, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ahri vs Zyra counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.

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