Xayah vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Xayah
based on 2,385 Xayah vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Zyra
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Xayah against Zyra counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Xayah normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Zyra. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Zyra
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Who is Better, Xayah or Zyra?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Zyra, with a 44.7% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Xayah does have a much lower winrate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xayah into Zyra.
Additionally, Xayah 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xayah is a garbage counter to Zyra. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah on average picks up much more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Zyra build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Zyra than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 44.7% battling Zyra with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Zyra as Xayah, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Xayah vs Zyra face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.7% win rate overall.
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