Zyra vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Zyra
based on 1,468 Zyra vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Zyra vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Zyra in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some critical Zyra vs. Olaf matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Olaf. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zyra often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Olaf. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Olaf
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Who is Better, Zyra or Olaf?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when taking on Olaf, with a 53.5% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a great counter for Olaf.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Olaf, when facing one another, Zyra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Olafas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Olaf 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 Olaf. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra in order to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra often accumulates less CS compared to Olaf. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Zyra versus Olaf build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Olaf than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Olaf with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Olaf as Zyra, you should use 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 players picked for Zyra vs Olaf counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Zyra are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.