Zyra vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Zyra
based on 6,270 Zyra vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Zyra vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Zyra in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Zyra versus Varus counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zyra typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Varus
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Who is Better, Zyra or Varus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when playing against Varus, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Zyra makes a fantastic counter for Varus.
While Zyra does have a much higher winrate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Varusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zyra has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Varus matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zyra is a great counter for Varus. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zyra versus Varus build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Varus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 55.5% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Varus as Zyra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Zyra vs Varus counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.5% win rate overall.
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