Zyra vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Zyra
based on 1,936 Zyra vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Zyra vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Zyra against Zilean matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the pair. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zilean..
Zyra often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Zilean
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Who is Better, Zyra or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Zilean, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a good counter to Zilean.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate compared to Zilean, when they face off with one another, Zyra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Zileanas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Zilean 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 teammates during teamfights.
Zyra is a good counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zyra to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Zilean build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Zyra included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Zyra, Zyra players 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 used for Zyra vs Zilean LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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