Aphelios vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Aphelios
based on 3,609 Aphelios vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Zyra
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Aphelios in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Aphelios vs. Zyra counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Aphelios often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Zyra
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Zyra?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aphelios into Zyraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Aphelios is a trash counter to Zyra. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios typically picks up much more CS as Zyra. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Zyra build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Zyra than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 46.3% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Zyra as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Aphelios vs Zyra clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.
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