Kennen vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Kennen
based on 1,609 Kennen vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Zyra
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
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.
Kennen vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Kennen against Zyra matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Kennen often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Zyra
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Who is Better, Kennen or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 43.3% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Kennen does have a much lower win rate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kennen into Zyra.
Moreover, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen 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 late stage team fights.
Kennen is a garbage counter for Zyra. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically accumulates more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Zyra build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Zyra than with many other common builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 43.3% when countering Zyra with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Zyra as Kennen, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Kennen vs Zyra LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.3% win rate overall.
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