Milio vs Zyra Counter Pick

Zyra fights through real estate rather than through her own body. Garden of Thorns spawns seeds around her, and casting Deadly Spines or Grasping Roots near one grows it into a plant that keeps attacking after she has walked away. From 575 attack range that is considerable pressure for a support to hold, and Milio still comes out ahead at 54.0% from 983 games on patch 16.13.1.

The reason is durability rather than damage. Zyra carries 574 base health and ends level 18 on 2,155 with 100.4 armour, making her the most fragile body in the exchange once anyone reaches her, and her difficulty rating of 7 against Milio’s 5 means the plant timings have to be right to matter at all. Her output is entirely magic, so the defensive purchase against her is uncomplicated.

Plant damage is also chip damage, and chip damage is what Cozy Campfire erases: a healing zone that follows the nearest ally and increases attack range for anyone inside it, letting a marksman kill seeds from outside their reach. Ultra Mega Fire Kick knocks her back and slows the landing area, while Stranglethorns stays the one moment worth full respect, expanding for damage before knocking enemies airborne as it contracts. The enchanter never has to contest the seeds directly either, since killing a plant early removes its damage before any of it arrives. Kits: Milio, Zyra.