Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Kindred against Zyra matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..
Kindred typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when taking on Zyra, with a 45.2% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a bad counter for Zyra.
While Kindred does have a much lower win rate compared to Zyra, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Zyra.
Additionally, Kindred also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a bad counter for Zyra. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Zyra.
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Zyra. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kindred versus Zyra build consist of Guardian Angel, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Zyra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 45.2% battling Zyra with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Zyra as Kindred, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kindred vs Zyra face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.2% winrate overall.
If you would like to view Kindred x Zyra tips and counter builds for a an individual division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using every match with data with both champions.