How to beat Zyra
Common role: Support / Mid
A garden of death: plants, roots and a growing thicket ultimate.
Best counters vs Zyra
Champions with the highest win rate against Zyra on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Poppy63.1%38 games
- 2
Leona56.2%218 games
- 3
Tahm Kench56.9%79 games
- 4
Galio58.6%33 games
- 5
Zilean55.1%91 games
- 6
Maokai56.2%41 games
- 7
Braum54.0%80 games
- 8
Vel'Koz53.2%127 games
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What makes Zyra dangerous
Zyra litters the lane with seeds that grow into shooting or slowing plants, roots with a delayed tangle (E), pokes hard with Q, and her ultimate grows a huge thicket that knocks everyone airborne after a delay. Her plant DPS shreds anyone standing still.
How to play against Zyra
- 1Kill plants with one auto each or they out-DPS your trades.
- 2Walk OUT of her ult immediately — the knock-up comes on a delay.
- 3Her E is slow — sidestep it and the whole combo fails.
- 4Dive her: no escape, no peel, pure glass.
Weaknesses to exploit
- ✓Complete glass cannon with zero mobility.
- ✓Plants die to single autos — discipline beats the garden.
- ✓Root and ult are delayed — movement counters both.
- ✓Weak when forced to move constantly (dive comps).
Abilities & how to counter them
What each of Zyra's abilities does — and how to play around it.
P
Giardino di spineIntorno a Zyra si generano periodicamente dei semi, più rapidamente in base al livello. Zyra può lanciare Spine letali o Radici stringenti vicino ai semi per far nascere delle piante che combattono per lei.
Strong: seeds spawn periodically and turn spells into plant turrets. Weak: seeds are visible and crushable by walking over them.
Q
Spine letaliFitti rovi invadono il terreno ed esplodono in una pioggia di spine, infliggendo danni magici ai nemici nell'area. Se lanciata vicino a un seme, Spine letali fa nascere una pianta di Sputa spine, che attacca i nemici a distanza.
Strong: lane poke that spawns shooting plants on seeds. Weak: a thin delayed rectangle — strafe it while crushing the seed.
W
Crescita rigogliosaZyra pianta un seme, che dura fino a 60 secondi. Se lanciate vicino a un seme, Spine letali e Radici stringenti lo fanno crescere in una pianta, che combatte per Zyra. Zyra può immagazzinare più semi contemporaneamente, e uccidere i nemici riduce il tempo di ricarica di Crescita rigogliosa.
Strong: banked seeds fuel her plant army tempo. Weak: pure setup — the counterplay is stepping on them.
E
Radici stringentiZyra invia delle piante rampicanti attraverso il terreno per intrappolare il bersaglio, infliggendo danni e trattenendolo quando ci passa attraverso. Se lanciato vicino a un seme, Radici stringenti fa crescere una Frusta rampicante, i cui attacchi a corta gittata riducono la velocità di movimento dei nemici.
Strong: a long-range root that grows slowing vine plants. Weak: slow missile — the whole kill combo dies to one sidestep.
R
Rovi strangolantiZyra evoca una selva contorta nella posizione bersaglio, infliggendo danni ai nemici mentre si espande e lanciandoli in aria quando si contrae. Le piante nella selva sono furiose.
Strong: a huge delayed AoE knock-up that also enrages plants. Weak: ~2s of visible growth — just walk out of the thicket.
Itemization
Auto the plants, keep moving, dive her first in fights. MR blunts the poke war.
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