Caitlyn vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Caitlyn
based on 16,638 Caitlyn vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Zyra
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Caitlyn vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Caitlyn against Zyra matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Caitlyn often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Zyra
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Caitlyn into Zyra.
Additionally, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a garbage counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically gets much more CS compared to Zyra. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Zyra build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Zyra than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Zyra with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Zyra as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Gathering Storm, and Absolute Focus runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Zyra counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.
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