Zyra vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Zyra
based on 10,994 Zyra vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Zyra vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Zyra versus Mordekaiser counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zyra typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Mordekaiser. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Zyra or Mordekaiser?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually fairs equally well when playing against Mordekaiser, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes an ok counter to Mordekaiser.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Mordekaiser, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zyra into Mordekaiseras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Mordekaiser matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra most often picks up less CS as Mordekaiser. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zyra versus Mordekaiser build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Zyra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Mordekaiser than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Mordekaiser with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Mordekaiser as Zyra, Zyra players 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 builds players picked for Zyra vs Mordekaiser counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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