Zyra vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Zyra
based on 3,984 Zyra vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Zyra vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Zyra versus Soraka counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Soraka..
Zyra often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Soraka
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Who is Better, Zyra or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when trying to fight Soraka, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Sorakaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Soraka 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Zyra is an above average counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually picks up more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Soraka build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Soraka than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Soraka with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Soraka as Zyra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Zyra vs Soraka battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.0% win rate overall.
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