Taric vs Zyra Counter Pick

Zyra’s reach is 575 units and Taric’s is 150, and that 425-unit difference shapes how the first four levels play out. Even so, the recorded results lean toward the melee champion: Taric wins 66.5% of the time across 182 games on patch 16.13.1, which the computed rating labels an easy matchup. Most of that comes down to durability. Taric begins with 645 HP and 40 armor and ends at 2,328 HP and 113.1 armor, whereas Zyra starts at 574 HP and 29 armor and only reaches 100.4 armor by level eighteen. Bastion also gives passive armor to Taric and to any ally holding the buff, so chip damage aimed at the marksman bites less than Zyra would like.

Damage type points the same way. Zyra deals only magic damage, so one early magic resist item weakens both Deadly Spines and her plants. Taric, by contrast, mixes damage types: Bravado adds bonus magic hits on top of 55 base attack damage, so no single resistance is worth rushing into him.

Execution is the final gap, with Zyra rated 7 for difficulty and Taric rated 3. Her plants only appear when Deadly Spines or Grasping Roots land on a seed created by Rampant Growth, and wasting a seed cuts most of her damage out of that trade. Cosmic Radiance counters Stranglethorns by allowing the knock-up to hit a target that is invulnerable. Both champions have a movement speed of 340. Champion kits: Taric and Zyra.