The stats provided here emphasize several strategic Qiyana vs. Zeri matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zeri..
Qiyana typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Qiyana usually wins when taking on Zeri, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Qiyana makes a good counter for Zeri.
While Qiyana does have a higher win rate compared to Zeri, when on opposite teams, Qiyana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Qiyana into Zerias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Qiyana has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zeri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Zeri matchups, Qiyana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Qiyana is a good counter for Zeri. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Qiyana against Zeri.
To learn all of the intricacies of Qiyana to counter Zeri during both the lane 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 shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Qiyana on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zeri. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Qiyana versus Zeri build consist of Youmus Geistklinge, Saum der Nacht, and Gelegenheit. When Qiyana used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Zeri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Qiyana boasted an average win rate of 53.0% when countering Zeri with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Zeri as Qiyana, Qiyana players should take the Elektrisieren, Plötzlicher Einschlag, Argus' Vermächtnis, Schatzjäger, Letztes Gefecht, and Geistesgegenwart runes from the Dominanz and Präzision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Qiyana vs Zeri fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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