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.
The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Viego vs. Zyra matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Viego typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viego usually loses when trying to fight Zyra, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Viego does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Zyra.
Additionally, Viego has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Viego vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Viego is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Zyra.
If you would like to truly master Viego in order to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego on average racks up less CS compared to Zyra. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Viego versus Zyra build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego used at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better versus Zyra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 48.4% battling Zyra with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Zyra as Viego, Viego players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Viego vs Zyra counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Viego are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.