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How to Win Zyra vs Ahri Counter MatchupZyra is in the s tier of champions

Zyra vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Zyra in LoLZyra is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Zyra

based on 4,581 Zyra vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our data, Zyra faced Ahri 4581 times. With so many games with Zyra versus Ahri provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative stats and a pro build to shatter your rival. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Zyra encounters Ahri in only 2.9% of her matches.

Zyra vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Zyra does a great job of countering Ahri. Typically, she wins a whopping 54.2% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Zyra vs Ahri rounds, Zyra’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Ahri.

Best Zyra vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHaunting Guise

Core Zyra Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterCryptbloomLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeShadowflameZaz'Zak's RealmspikeZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Zyra's passive ability p
Zyra's q ability q
Zyra's w ability w
Zyra's e ability e
Zyra's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Zyra

Tips for Playing as Zyra against Ahri

Seeds grant vision to your team.

Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.

Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Zyra vs Ahri Counter Stats

Zyra Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Ahri Image
3.7
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
5.7
10.7
< Assists >
7.3
0.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
58
< Minions Killed >
171
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,004
< Physical Damage >
1,474
19,875
< Magic Damage >
15,265
1,074
< True Damage >
5,181
21,954
< Damage Dealt >
21,922
18,556
< Damage Taken >
21,575
9,856
< Gold Earned >
11,594
1.84
< Towers >
1.88
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,047
< Total Healing >
5,373
11,707
< Experience >
14,819
59
< Vision Score >
20
25
< Wards Placed >
10
279
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Counter Ahri with Zyra in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some important Zyra versus Ahri matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ahri..

Zyra normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Ahri. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zyra and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Zyra
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zyra
Ahri

Who is Better, Zyra or Ahri?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a great counter for Ahri.

While Zyra does have a much higher winrate than Ahri, when facing one another, Zyra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Ahrias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zyra has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Ahri matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Zyra is a great counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Ahri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zyra

Zyra Loses Against

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Zyra Wins Against

KalistaKalista59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee58% winrateHweiHwei57.6% winrateSejuaniSejuani57.6% winrate

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Additional Information for Zyra Players

How We Calculated Our Zyra vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Zyra, we analyzed 4,581 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 Ahri as Zyra 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zyra typically accumulates less CS as Ahri. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Ahri build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Ahri than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 54.2% when countering Ahri with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Ahri as Zyra, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zyra vs Ahri clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.2% win rate overall.

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