Why NO ONE Plays: Zyra | League of Legends

Welcome back to another Why NO ONE Plays episode! This time with 100% less disclaimer :D Today we feature Zyra: Rise of the Thorns!

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[ontheinternetlol]

Now that he didn't read the disclaimer I feel insulted.

[True_Damage]

No one plays her but when you DO play against her, you feel like rage banning her for 5 games straight

[captainqueer]

Wow as a zyra main I am so offended. If only there was some kind of disclaimer at the beginning of the video to warn me that I'd definitely never seen on other vids

[whoiskizuki.]

I like how she's underplayed as a sup main because she's an absolute demon that triggers my rage whenever I play against her.

[darkgnll]

I'd honestly say the low playrate comes JUST from the animations on EVERY ONE of her abilities. You cannot escape while casting abilities like most other mages can which mages positioning even MORE important on Zyra...

[yahwhey]

0:50 I like how Vel’Koz is so underplayed that Vars thinks of AP Shaco before him

[sbwroses]

The main problem i have with her is that casting her Q or E feels AWFUL, she has enormous cast time and can't move until her entire E animation is done

[godzilla]

she was my old main and still one of my most played. All 3 of us zyra mains gotta stick together

[PressRToZeus]

Real homies will remember when zyra had an on death passive. For real though, as a zyra player my goal is to peel for my ADC by either being a more juicy target and baiting the assassins to go after me instead (at which point they are close to me and my plants) or just being pre-emptive with zyra's peel.
That talon is gonna think twice about jumping on your ADC if you immediately put down your ultimate as soon as talon pops his. Getting a feel for the timing of assassins and divers so you can time your ultimate to hit right as they start their combos can seriously mess with enemy muscle memory and throw off a perfect dive

[nekkoyaa]

zyra literally roots herself in order to root enemies its so funny

[jacedep]

Her ult should sprout any seeds within the casting range automatically

[ibrahimcandogan]

It is fun until zyra takes the whole minnion wave while poking the enemy

[alejandropetit]

Now this ia a champion I genuinely have no idea why she's underplayed, she doesn't have ugly visuals that might drive the playerbase away from trying them out, like someone like Rumble or old Urgot, she's a good support and a decent mid laner, her ult is terrifying in teamfights and she's good at all stages of the game, even when behind. Maybe they find Zyra to be too basic or boring? idk

[renny]

Being a Zyra main perks:
> Assassin jump on u
> You use watch while enemy waits
> You try to root them after it wears out.
> They side step and you get to feed them like the good support you are.

[goleon]

The problem with Zyra is that she roots herself for such a long time everytime she cast an ability, so she feels weird and clunky, if they removed or lowered the cast time of her E, she would feel so much smoother as a support and would instantly become a decent midlaner.
Also she should stop dashes with her E, since is a fairly slow spell and the game is full of movility now. ALSO pls she needs her old passive back! and move her current passive to her W
As a Zyra main i would be fine with them nerfing her damage in compensation for these buffs and QoL changes.

[midorineko]

I love playing carry supports(Zyra, Brand, Lux, etc.) for the reason that you can't really rely on your teammates most of the time. Her damage can be underestimated at times, and when she's ahead, she can burst down squishy or melt tanks. She's a good addition if your team can sustain themselves.

[vooshPOW]

I feel like she could use a new passive, maybe even in addition to her current one. The current one is unreliable, and since she has w she will count on it for her setups anyway.
Now that jungle plants have been added to the game, it would be pretty cool if she had a passive interacting with them, like maybe creating a new honeydew, scrying plant or blast plant every few minutes from that plant's "corpse", similar to how Azir creates turrets from "turret corpses". It's very thematic to her plant identity and a niche and cool way to provide utility and incentivize her to go in the jungle.
I also think her plant damage to monsters could be increased, for the same reasons GP's barrel damage towards them could also be increased: they are stationary and killable. If they're not effective versus players early, they could be great for clearing the jungle.

[jonasnoblet]

Being a zyra main, I would want the random seeds from her w's passive to spawn more frequently (caped at a fixed number of seeds around her) based on her level or ability power. That way, later in the game, she would not have to wait long minutes at the same place to set up a battlefield : it would be a bit easier to move around the map, and she would be a able to adapt more to changing situations.

[lolitareyart]

I believe Zyra would thrive with the simple buff of making her plants immune to damage for 1 or 2 seconds after they are summoned, The worst thing with Zyra is watching your plants die before getting more than a hit on the enemy or before even finishing casting your combo. For a plant-based character theme, I feel most Zyra mains agree with me that her plants become pretty useless late game where they die so fast. I will often find myself just being able to use E and Q during teamfights cause I got no seeds.

[skayles]

The only real problem with Zyra lies in her animations. Her Q and E cast animations lock you out of doing anything for what feels like extremely long periods of time, so you end up having lower effective range than what the 1100 range on her root suggests. Also the range difference on her Q+W+R and E combined with the low duration on the root means that she actually has to play within 850 range of her targets if she wants to be a proper threat, and hanging around within 850 range of people is _very_ dangerous nowadays, especially when you are squishy, slow, and with no defensive utility.
That's why Zyras die so much.