Olaf vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Olaf
based on 1,468 Olaf vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Zyra
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Olaf in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Olaf versus Zyra matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Olaf usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Olaf and Zyra
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Who is Better, Olaf or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Olaf usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Olaf makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Olaf does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Olaf into Zyra.
Furthermore, Olaf also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Olaf is a trash counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Olaf against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf on average picks up more CS as Zyra. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Olaf versus Zyra build include Experimental Hexplate, Ravenous Hydra, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Olaf used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Zyra than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Olaf had an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Zyra as Olaf, Olaf players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Olaf vs Zyra clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
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