Zyra vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Zyra
based on 4,613 Zyra vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Zyra vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some significant Zyra against Bard counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Bard..
Zyra often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Bard
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Who is Better, Zyra or Bard?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Bard, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes an ok counter for Bard.
While Zyra does have a lower win rate than Bard, when facing one another, Zyra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Zyra into Bardas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zyra is a somewhat poor counter for Bard. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Bard.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zyra
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually picks up more CS compared to Bard. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Bard build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 49.9% battling Bard with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Bard as Zyra, Zyra players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Zyra vs Bard LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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