Zyra vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Zyra
based on 10,233 Zyra vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Zyra vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Zyra in LoL
The stats provided here show some strategic Zyra against Brand counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand..
Zyra normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Brand. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Brand
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Who is Better, Zyra or Brand?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Brand, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Zyra makes a good counter to Brand.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Brandas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Brand matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zyra is an above average counter for Brand. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra in order to counter Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Brand. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zyra versus Brand build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Zyra included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Brand than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 52.1% battling Brand with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Brand as Zyra, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zyra vs Brand counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.
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