Zyra vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Zyra
based on 6,716 Zyra vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Zyra vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Zyra in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Zyra against Graves counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Zyra usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Graves
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Who is Better, Zyra or Graves?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Graves, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a great counter for Graves.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Zyra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Gravesas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Graves 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 a great counter to Graves. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra often gets a similar amount of CS as Graves. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Graves build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Graves than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 53.2% battling Graves with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Graves as Zyra, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zyra vs Graves counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
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