Darius vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Darius
based on 5,547 Darius vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Zyra
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Darius versus Zyra counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Darius usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zyra. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Zyra
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Who is Better, Darius or Zyra?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 45.2% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Darius does have a much lower win rate than Zyra, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Darius into Zyra.
Additionally, Darius has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius 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 allies during teamfights.
Darius is a garbage counter for Zyra. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius most often accumulates more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Darius versus Zyra build include Kaenic Rookern, Sterak's Gage, and Trinity Force. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Zyra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 45.2% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Zyra as Darius, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Darius vs Zyra counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Darius are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.