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Rengar vs Zyra

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How to Beat Zyra as Rengar

based on 5,417 Rengar vs Zyra matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Zyra as Rengar resulted from an examination of 5417 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Rengar is forced to battle against Zyra in only 4.1% of his rounds.

Rengar vs Zyra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rengar does a poor job of countering Zyra. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.4% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Rengar against Zyra games, Rengar’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Zyra.

Best Rengar vs Zyra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Axiom ArcProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelEdge of NightThe CollectorLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rengar to level upq
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Second ability for Rengar to level upe
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Last skill for Rengar to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Zyra

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Zyra Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Zyra Image
9
< Kills >
3.7
7.3
< Deaths >
6.7
5.9
< Assists >
10.7
2.03
< Killing Sprees >
0.8
44
< Minions Killed >
55
1.26
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.45
19,361
< Physical Damage >
1,000
1,414
< Magic Damage >
18,772
1,183
< True Damage >
940
21,959
< Damage Dealt >
20,713
35,558
< Damage Taken >
19,312
13,493
< Gold Earned >
9,746
1.26
< Towers >
1.78
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
16,768
< Total Healing >
1,935
14,695
< Experience >
11,560
21
< Vision Score >
59
5
< Wards Placed >
25
232
< Time Dealing CC >
262

How to Counter Zyra with Rengar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Rengar vs. Zyra counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Rengar often has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zyra. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rengar and Zyra

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Zyra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Zyra

Who is Better, Rengar or Zyra?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rengar usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Rengar makes a bad counter for Zyra.

While Rengar does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Rengar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rengar into Zyraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Rengar also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 Rengar vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rengar is a bad counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rengar against Zyra.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Zyra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zyra as Rengar, we analyzed 5,417 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zyra as Rengar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rengar 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 above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Zyra. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Rengar versus Zyra build consist of Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Rengar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Zyra than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rengar boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Zyra with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Zyra as Rengar, Rengar players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rengar vs Zyra counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.

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