Zyra vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Zyra
based on 1,491 Zyra vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Zyra vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Zyra in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Zyra versus Taric matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric..
Zyra normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Taric. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Taric
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Who is Better, Zyra or Taric?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when taking on Taric, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a great counter for Taric.
While Zyra does have a much higher win rate compared to Taric, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Taricas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Taric 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 team members during teamfights.
Zyra is a great counter for Taric. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Taric. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Zyra versus Taric build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Taric than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 54.1% battling Taric with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Taric as Zyra, you should equip 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 we have analyed for Zyra vs Taric counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
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