Akshan vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Akshan
based on 2,908 Akshan vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Zyra Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Zyra
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
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.
Akshan vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Akshan vs. Zyra matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives more damage than Zyra. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Zyra
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Who is Better, Akshan or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zyra, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes an ok counter to Zyra.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Zyra.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets more CS as Zyra. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Akshan versus Zyra build include Rapid Firecannon, Kraken Slayer, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Zyra than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Zyra with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Zyra as Akshan, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Akshan vs Zyra battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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