Zyra vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Zyra
based on 3,321 Zyra vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Zyra vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Zyra against Talon counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Talon. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zyra normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Talon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Talon
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Who is Better, Zyra or Talon?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Talon, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a good counter for Talon.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate than Talon, when facing one another, Zyra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Talonas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This 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 Talon matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Zyra is an above average counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to counter Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra typically racks up less CS compared to Talon. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Zyra versus Talon build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Talon than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Talon with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Talon 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. Of all the runes players used for Zyra vs Talon fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Talon as Zyra are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.