Zyra vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Zyra
based on 8,926 Zyra vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Zyra vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Zyra versus Nocturne matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Zyra often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show 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 Nocturne
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Who is Better, Zyra or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zyra usually fairs equally well when playing against Nocturne, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate than Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zyra into Nocturneas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Nocturne matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter to Nocturne. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra most often picks up more CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Zyra versus Nocturne build include Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Nocturne than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Nocturne with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Nocturne as Zyra, Zyra players should equip 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 runes players used for Zyra vs Nocturne face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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