Galio vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Galio
based on 4,192 Galio vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Zyra
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Galio versus Zyra counter stats that may help us explain the differences between this pair of champions. Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Galio usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zyra. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Zyra
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Who is Better, Galio or Zyra?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when taking on Zyra, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Galio makes an ok counter for Zyra.
While Galio does have a lower win rate than Zyra, when on opposite teams, Galio also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Zyra.
Additionally, Galio has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Galio against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Galio to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio usually accumulates more CS compared to Zyra. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Galio versus Zyra build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Zyra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Galio had an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Zyra as Galio, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Galio vs Zyra counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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