Vel'Koz vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Vel'Koz
based on 3,489 Vel'Koz vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Zyra
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Vel'Koz vs. Zyra counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zyra..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Zyra
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when taking on Zyra, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Zyra.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Zyraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically accumulates more CS compared to Zyra. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Zyra build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Zyra than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Zyra as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Zyra fights, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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