Zyra vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Zyra
based on 1,609 Zyra vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Kennen
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 Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Zyra vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Zyra against Kennen counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between these two champions. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kennen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Zyra normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Kennen
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Who is Better, Zyra or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when playing against Kennen, with a 56.7% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a fantastic counter for Kennen.
While Zyra does have a much higher winrate compared to Kennen, when facing one another, Zyra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Kennenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Kennen 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 team members during teamfights.
Zyra is a great counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra most often gets less CS relative to Kennen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Zyra versus Kennen build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Zyra included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Kennen than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 56.7% battling Kennen with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kennen 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 that we analyzed for Zyra vs Kennen counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 56.7% winrate overall.
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