Zyra vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Zyra
based on 2,334 Zyra vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Alistar
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Zyra vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Zyra versus Alistar matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Alistar..
Zyra often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Alistar
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Who is Better, Zyra or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when playing against Alistar, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Zyra makes a good counter for Alistar.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Zyra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Alistaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Alistar matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zyra is an above average counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zyra to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually accumulates more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Zyra versus Alistar build include Cryptbloom, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Alistar with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Alistar as Zyra, Zyra players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zyra vs Alistar clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.0% winrate overall.
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