Samira vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Samira
based on 7,297 Samira vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Samira
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.
Samira vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Samira in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some important Samira versus Zyra matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zyra. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Samira typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Zyra. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Zyra
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Who is Better, Samira or Zyra?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 44.9% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a bad counter to Zyra.
While Samira does have a much lower win rate than Zyra, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Samira into Zyra.
Moreover, Samira has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Samira is a trash counter to Zyra. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira typically racks up much more CS as Zyra. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Samira versus Zyra build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Zyra than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 44.9% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Zyra as Samira, Samira players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Samira vs Zyra fights, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.9% win rate overall.
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