Jarvan IV vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Jarvan IV
based on 2,289 Jarvan IV vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Zyra
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Jarvan IV against Zyra matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Jarvan IV often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Zyra
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Zyra?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when trying to fight Zyra, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter to Zyra.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Jarvan IV into Zyra.
Additionally, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a garbage counter to Zyra. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Zyra. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Zyra build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Zyra than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Zyra as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Jarvan IV vs Zyra counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Jarvan IV are given for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.