Kassadin vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Kassadin
based on 2,141 Kassadin vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Zyra
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here show some influential Kassadin vs. Zyra counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kassadin usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zyra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Zyra
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when taking on Zyra, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Zyra.
While Kassadin does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Zyraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter for Zyra. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often gets much more CS relative to Zyra. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kassadin versus Zyra build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Zyra than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Zyra with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zyra as Kassadin, Kassadin players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Zyra clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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