Vi vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Vi
based on 4,489 Vi vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Zyra
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Vi vs. Zyra counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Vi normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vi and Zyra
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Who is Better, Vi or Zyra?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vi usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Vi makes a poor counter to Zyra.
While Vi does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Vi into Zyra.
Moreover, Vi 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vi vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vi is a somewhat poor counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vi against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi on average gets less CS as Zyra. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Vi versus Zyra build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Vi combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Zyra than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vi boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Zyra with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Zyra as Vi, Vi players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vi vs Zyra LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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