You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several significant Twitch versus Zyra counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. For instance, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Twitch typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zyra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zyra, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Twitch makes an ok counter to Zyra.
While Twitch does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Twitch also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Twitch into Zyra.
Additionally, Twitch has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Twitch vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Twitch is a somewhat poor counter for Zyra. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Twitch against Zyra.
If you would like to truly master Twitch 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch typically racks up more CS relative to Zyra. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Twitch versus Zyra build consist of Kraken Slayer, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Twitch bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Zyra than with most other typical builds. In fact, Twitch had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Zyra with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Zyra as Twitch, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Twitch vs Zyra counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Twitch are given for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu above.