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
가시 정원자이라 주변에 주기적으로 씨앗이 생성되며 생성 속도는 레벨에 따라 더 빨라집니다. 씨앗 근처에서 치명적인 가시나 휘감는 뿌리를 사용하면 식물이 자라나 자이라와 함께 싸웁니다.
Strong: seeds spawn periodically and turn spells into plant turrets. Weak: seeds are visible and crushable by walking over them.
Q
치명적인 가시굵은 가시덤불이 지면을 뚫고 나와 폭발하며 해당 지역 안에 있는 적에게 마법 피해를 입힙니다. 씨앗 근처에서 치명적인 가시를 사용하면 가시 발사 꽃이 자라나 원거리에서 적을 공격합니다.
Strong: lane poke that spawns shooting plants on seeds. Weak: a thin delayed rectangle — strafe it while crushing the seed.
W
맹렬한 성장자이라가 60초간 지속되는 씨앗을 심습니다. 씨앗 근처에서 치명적인 가시나 휘감는 뿌리를 사용하면 식물이 자라나 자이라와 함께 싸웁니다. 씨앗은 여러 개를 보관할 수 있으며 적을 처치할 때마다 맹렬한 성장의 재충전 시간이 줄어듭니다.
Strong: banked seeds fuel her plant army tempo. Weak: pure setup — the counterplay is stepping on them.
E
휘감는 뿌리자이라가 일직선상으로 지면을 뚫는 가시 덩굴을 발사하여, 덩굴이 마주치는 적에게 피해를 입히며 발을 묶습니다. 씨앗 근처에 휘감는 뿌리를 사용하면 덩굴 채찍손이 피어나, 근거리 공격을 펼치며 적의 이동 속도를 감소시킵니다.
Strong: a long-range root that grows slowing vine plants. Weak: slow missile — the whole kill combo dies to one sidestep.
R
올가미 덩굴자이라가 뒤틀린 덩굴손을 목표 위치에 소환합니다. 덩굴손은 뻗어 나가며 적들에게 피해를 입히고, 수축하면서 적들을 공중으로 띄웁니다. 덩굴손이 소환된 위치에 있는 식물들은 격분 상태가 됩니다.
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.
This guide covers Zyra's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.
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