Akali vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Akali
based on 9,424 Akali vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Zyra
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.
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.
Akali vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Akali in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Akali versus Zyra matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali often has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Zyra. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Zyra
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Who is Better, Akali or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 46.4% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Akali does have a lower winrate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Akali into Zyraas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is a trash counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually accumulates more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale 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 many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Akali versus Zyra build consist of Banshee's Veil, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Zyra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 46.4% when playing against Zyra with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Zyra as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Akali vs Zyra battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Akali are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.