Heimerdinger vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Heimerdinger
based on 2,558 Heimerdinger vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Zyra
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Heimerdinger against Zyra matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Zyra
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Zyra?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Zyra, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Heimerdinger into Zyraas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a terribly counter to Zyra. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often gets more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Zyra build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Zyra than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Zyra as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Heimerdinger vs Zyra face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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