Zyra with Karthus
How to Synergize Zyra and Karthus
based on 1,570 Zyra with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zyra Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Zyra vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zyra and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Zyra with Karthus
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 Understand How Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Zyra Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Zyra in LoL
The Zyra Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zyra sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Karthus helps Zyra perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zyra tries to synergize with Karthus, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Karthus provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zyra is played together with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Karthus.
Additionally, when Zyra plays with Karthus on the same team, she on average receives more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Karthus does a poor job of covering Zyra during teamfights.
Synergies between Zyra and Karthus
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Is Zyra better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no perfect ally for Zyra that will always be her top ally. Yet, Karthus is a not very good teammate for Zyra. By playing on the same side as Zyra, he decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 51.5%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Zyra and Karthus that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Karthus has a lower difficulty than Zyra. That means Zyra players don't need to be cautious when lining up Karthus allies to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Zyra players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Zyra and Karthus together, you will not be granting your side very much tankyness. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to work well with Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Zyra and Karthus synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Karthus than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 51.5% helping carry Karthus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, 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 rune combinations players used for Zyra and Karthus pairings, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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