Zyra vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Zyra
based on 2,131 Zyra vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Naafiri
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.
Zyra vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Zyra versus Naafiri matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zyra usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Zyra or Naafiri?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Naafiri, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a good counter to Naafiri.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate compared to Naafiri, when facing one another, Zyra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Naafirias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Naafiri 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 teammates during teamfights.
Zyra is a good counter to Naafiri. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra in order to counter Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra on average racks up less CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Naafiri build consist of Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Naafiri than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Naafiri with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Naafiri as Zyra, you should use 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 runes that we analyzed for Zyra vs Naafiri LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.
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