Viktor vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Viktor
based on 2,176 Viktor vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Zyra
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Viktor in LoL
The stats provided here feature several significant Viktor against Zyra matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Viktor typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Zyra
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Who is Better, Viktor or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 46.0% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Viktor into Zyraas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a bad counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor in order to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually racks up much more CS relative to Zyra. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Zyra build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Zyra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when countering Zyra with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Zyra as Viktor, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Viktor vs Zyra LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Viktor are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.