Rakan vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Rakan
based on 4,346 Rakan vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Zyra
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Rakan in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several important Rakan vs. Zyra counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Rakan often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zyra. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rakan and Zyra
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Who is Better, Rakan or Zyra?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually loses when trying to fight Zyra, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Rakan does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Zyra.
Additionally, Rakan also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rakan is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan on average racks up less CS relative to Zyra. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Rakan versus Zyra build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Zyra than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Zyra with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Zyra as Rakan, Rakan players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Rakan vs Zyra face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Rakan are shown for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.