Zilean vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Zilean
based on 1,936 Zilean vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Zyra
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Zilean vs. Zyra counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Zilean often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Zyra
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Who is Better, Zilean or Zyra?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Zilean does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zilean into Zyra.
Moreover, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a terribly counter to Zyra. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zyra. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Zyra build consist of Morellonomicon, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Zyra than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Zyra as Zilean, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zilean vs Zyra counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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