Zyra vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Zyra
based on 5,693 Zyra vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Zyra vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Zyra against Zed counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zyra normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Zed
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Who is Better, Zyra or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 54.3% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a great counter to Zed.
While Zyra does have a much higher winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Zyra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Zyra into Zedas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Zed matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zyra is a great counter to Zed. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra on average racks up less CS as Zed. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Zyra versus Zed build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Zed than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 54.3% when playing against Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Zed as Zyra, Zyra players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Zyra vs Zed counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.3% winrate overall.
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