Anivia vs Zyra SUPPORT Matchup Guide

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Anivia into Zyramedium

Overview

Use to block Zyra's brush control and force her plants into less effective zones.
Prioritize protecting your ADC by zoning with and setting up stuns for follow-up.
Control river vision to deny Zyra's roaming and secure dragon setup opportunities.

Engage with stun combined with terrain to trap Zyra and enable ADC damage.
Hold peel cooldowns until Zyra commits root or plants, then create safe ADC positioning.
Punish missed roots by crashing the wave and forcing Zyra to retreat from brush.

Zyra's root combined with plants creates high ADC follow-up risk; respect brush angles.
Level 6 knockup can turn fights; avoid clumping and maintain spacing for ADC safety.
Zyra controls brush with seeds; avoid face-checking brush without vision to prevent picks.

Contest level 2 by holding to punish Zyra's root attempts with ADC follow-up.
Deny Zyra brush control early by placing and clearing seeds to limit her poke angles.
Coordinate with your ADC to maintain lane priority and crash the wave before safe roams.

Level 2 unlocks your stun and Zyra's root; use this to contest brush control actively.
After level 6, leverage to zone and force unfavorable fights against Zyra's immobile kit.
First mana/AP item boosts your damage and waveclear, increasing pressure and pick potential.

Convert wave control and stuns into denied enemy ADC positioning and ADC access.
Secure river vision and coordinate with your ADC for dragon setup and safe roams.
Use zoning and terrain to create favorable 2v2 fights and protect your ADC from engages.

Tactical tip

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