Zyra vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Zyra
based on 2,558 Zyra vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Zyra vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Zyra versus Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Zyra normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Zyra or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Zyra makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Zyra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means 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 Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Heimerdinger matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zyra is an above average counter to Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zyra to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra often gets less CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Zyra versus Heimerdinger build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Heimerdinger than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 52.4% battling Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Heimerdinger as Zyra, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zyra vs Heimerdinger counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.
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