Gwen vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Gwen
based on 3,304 Gwen vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Zyra
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Gwen vs. Zyra counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zyra..
Gwen normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Zyra. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Zyra
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Who is Better, Gwen or Zyra?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 45.7% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Gwen does have a much lower winrate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Gwen into Zyra.
Furthermore, Gwen has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gwen is a garbage counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often accumulates more CS compared to Zyra. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Zyra build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Zyra than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 45.7% when playing against Zyra with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Zyra as Gwen, Gwen players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Gwen vs Zyra LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.7% winrate overall.
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