Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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 provided here underscore some strategic Lee Sin vs. Zyra counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lee Sin often has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Zyra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 45.2% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Zyra.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower winrate than Zyra, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lee Sin into Zyra.
Additionally, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a trash counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Zyra.
To truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually racks up less CS as Zyra. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lee Sin versus Zyra build consist of Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Zyra than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 45.2% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Zyra as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Zyra counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.2% winrate overall.
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