Nocturne vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Nocturne
based on 8,926 Nocturne vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Zyra
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Advice to Win Against Zyra
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.
Nocturne vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Nocturne against Zyra counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Nocturne normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Zyra
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Zyra?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when taking on Zyra, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Zyra.
While Nocturne does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Zyra.
Moreover, Nocturne has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a somewhat poor counter for Zyra. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically accumulates less CS relative to Zyra. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nocturne versus Zyra build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Death's Dance. When Nocturne bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Zyra than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Zyra as Nocturne, Nocturne players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Nocturne vs Zyra face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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