Zyra vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Zyra
based on 500 Zyra vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Skarner Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zyra Items
Optional Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Zyra vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Zyra in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several important Zyra vs. Skarner counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Skarner..
Zyra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Skarner
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Zyra or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Zyra also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Skarneras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Skarner matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Zyra is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zyra
Additional Information for Zyra Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Zyra versus Skarner build include Morellonomicon, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 53.8% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Skarner 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zyra vs Skarner face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% winrate overall.
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