Varus vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Varus
based on 6,270 Varus vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Zyra
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Varus vs. Zyra counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Varus normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Zyra
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Who is Better, Varus or Zyra?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 44.5% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a bad counter to Zyra.
While Varus does have a much lower win rate compared to Zyra, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Varus into Zyra.
Additionally, Varus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus 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 allies during teamfights.
Varus is a bad counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Varus against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often accumulates much more CS as Zyra. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Varus versus Zyra build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Zyra than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 44.5% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Zyra as Varus, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Varus vs Zyra counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.5% winrate overall.
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