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Zyra
GameplayZyra is a champion in League of Legends.[1]
Abilities[]
- Zyra tries to plant Seeds in brush and not on top of walls.
- Zyra tries not to plant Seeds too close together and at different angles.
- Zyra does not plant any Seeds if she is concealed within a brush (unless there is an enemy ward in it, in which case it takes her a little longer to plant the Seed) or when there is no room for additional ones.
- Zyra does not plant any Seeds if she is within 1400 units of the coordinate points (400, 400) or (14000, 14000), which are roughly at the center of the fountains on Summoner's Rift.
- These same coordinates may not hold as fountain positions on other maps (e.g. on the Arena map, the Magma Chamber area overlaps with the second exclusion radius) and may prompt the implementation of this behaviour to be changed in the future.(bug)
- These same coordinates may not hold as fountain positions on other maps (e.g. on the
- Zyra tries to plant Seeds close to an enemy near her.
- PENDING FOR TEST:: Zyra tries to plant Seeds under enemy structures only if she is in basic attack range of them.
- PENDING FOR TEST:: Zyra tries to plant Seeds on the other side of the wall she is facing and/or standing right next to.
- PENDING FOR TEST:: Zyra tries to plant Seeds in the direction she is facing and/or moving.
- Zyra tries to plant Seeds near jungle path entrances.
- PENDING FOR TEST:: Zyra tries to plant Seeds behind herself when she is walking through the river and there are no jungle path entrances near her.
- Zyra tries to plant Seeds between herself and the enemy champion she has vision of (or is heading towards her) in a 45º angle to the left or to the right depending on where on lane she is standing.
- Zyra tries to plant Seeds against the inner walls of epic monster pits ( Dragon, Rift Herald, Baron Nashor)
- Zyra has a hidden passive that grants her 10% increased size for 33 seconds after having Leona's Sunlight applied to her.
- Each Thorn Spitter will generate 2 stacks of Conqueror and 1 stack of each of Phase Rush and Electrocute.
- This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
- Zyra will be locked out of actions for 0.15 seconds after casting Grasping Roots.
- Each Vine Lasher will generate 2 stacks of Conqueror and 1 stack of each of Phase Rush and Electrocute.
- Plants grown during the 2 seconds prior to the displacement will also be enraged.
- Plants already grown before Stranglethorns is cast will have their duration refreshed if they are inside the area of effect.
- Stranglethorns' buff on Plants lasts 10 seconds, however the Plants normally die naturally after 8 seconds.
Pets[]
| Control type | Zyra's basic attacks apply a refreshing, high-priority mark for 3 seconds against enemy  champions, while Thorn Spitters apply a non-refreshing, lesser-priority one for the same duration. Thorn Spitters are static.
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| Target type |  Minion, does not count towards the minion kill tracking score
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| On-hit effects | Thorn Spitters' attacks are mitigated by  block and  dodge as well as stopped by  Blind and  Disarm.
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| Spell effects | Thorn Spitters' basic attacks apply spell effects as  area damage.
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Abilities
Thorn Spitters becomes enraged if they are hit by
Thorn Spitters deal 60 − 100 (based on level) bonus damage against non-epic monsters. | |
| Control type | Zyra's basic attacks apply a refreshing, high-priority mark for 3 seconds against enemy champions, while Vine Lashers apply a non-refreshing, lesser-priority one for the same duration. Vine Lashers are static.
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| Target type | Minion, does not count towards the minion kill tracking score
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| On-hit effects | Vine Lashers' attacks are mitigated by block and dodge as well as stopped by Blind and Disarm.
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| Spell effects | Vine Lashers' basic attacks apply spell effects as area damage.
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Abilities
Vine Lashers' attacks
Vine Lashers become enraged if they are hit by
Vine Lashers deal 60 − 100 (based on level) bonus damage against non-epic monsters. | |
Garden of Thorns Render
Rampant Growth Render
Garden of Thorns Render (Dead)
Rampant Growth Render (Dead)
General[]
- Plants do not update their damage if Zyra levels up or changes her AP, but will trigger newly available spell effects. However the damage of in-air attacks update once a plant is hit by Stranglethorns or once the plant buffed by it dies.
Champion skins[]
- This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Zyra (Collection).
Born in an ancient, sorcerous catastrophe, Zyra is the wrath of nature given form—an alluring hybrid of plant and human, kindling new life with every step. She views the many mortals of Valoran as little more than prey for her seeded progeny, and thinks nothing of slaying them with flurries of deadly spines. Though her true purpose has not been revealed, Zyra wanders the world, indulging her most primal urges to colonize, and strangle all other life from it.
Karen Strassman
Katie 'TeaTime' De Sousa
Loot eligible
Patch history[]
- For the expanded patch notes, see here.
- Garden of Thorns
- Plant base damage reduced to 16 − 84 (based on level) from 20 − 88 (based on level).
- Plant bonus non-epic monster damage increased to 60 − 100 (based on level) from 40 − 100 (based on level).
- Stats
- Base mana regeneration reduced to 7 from 13.
- Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.8 from 0.4.
- Deadly Spines
- Mana cost reduced to 55 from 70.
- Rampant Growth
- Seed charge on enemy kill increased to 35% from 20%.
- Stats
- Base attack speed increased to 0.681 from 0.625.
- Garden of Thorns
- Plant base damage reduced to 20 − 88 (based on level) from 20 − 100 (based on level).
- Plant AP ratio increased to 18% AP from 15% AP.
- Deadly Spines
- Base damage increased to 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.
- AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 60% AP.
- Grasping Roots
- Base damage reduced to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.
- AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 50% AP.
- Garden of Thorns
- Plants:
- Monster damage reduced to 100% from 150%.
- New Effect: Now deal 40 − 100 (based on level) bonus damage against monsters.
- Damage taken from ranged champions increased to 5 from 4.
- Area of effect damage taken reduced to 3 from 4.
- Plants:
- Rampant Growth
- Number of seeds upon first rank increased to 2 from 1.
- Grasping Roots
- New Effect: Missile now casts from the position of post-cast instead of pre-cast.
- Removed: No longer locks out Flash while casting.
- Stranglethorns
- New Effect: Now casts at maximum range instead of walking into range.
- Tick interval reduced to 0.25 seconds per tick from 0.5 seconds per tick.
- Grasping Roots
- Post-cast lock out timer reduced to 0.15 seconds from varying between 0.4 to 0.15.
- Stats
- Base health increased to 574 from 504.
- Health growth increased to 93 from 79.
- Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
- Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
- General
- Bug Fix: Voiceover issues for many skins have been fixed.
- Rampant Growth
- Recharge timer reduced to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12.
- Grasping Roots
- Vine Lasher slow increased to 30% from 25%.
- General
- Bug Fix: Horizon Focus' Hypershot no longer resets when she triggers it and applies Scorch.
- Bug Fix:
- Stats
- Base attack damage reduced to 53 from 53.376.
- General
- Recommended items now includes jungle items if the player has Smite equipped.
- Recommended items now includes jungle items if the player has
- Garden of Thorns
- Bug Fix: Plants are now able to properly activate Manaflow Band.
- Bug Fix: Plants are now able to properly activate
- Garden of Thorns
- New Effect: Plants now deal 150% damage against non-epic monsters.
- Grasping Roots
- Vine Lasher slow reduced to 25% from 30%.
- New Effect: Slows from multiple Vine Lashers stack up to 2 times.
- Stranglethorns
- Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks from 100 / 120 / 140.
- Cooldown reduced to 110 / 100 / 90 seconds from 130 / 120 / 110.
- Garden of Thorns
- Damage from basic attacks that doesn't trigger on-hit effects (ex. Corki's Hextech Munitions, Miss Fortune's Love Tap, etc.) no longer deals a separate instance of damage to her plants.
- Damage from basic attacks that doesn't trigger on-hit effects (ex.
- Plants
- New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects).
- General
- Bootless walk animation added.
- Thorn Spitter and Vine Lasher
- Plant base damage reduced to 20 − 100 (based on level) from 24 − 109 (based on level).
- Stats
- Base mana regeneration reduced to 13 from 15.335.
- Rampant Growth
- New Effect: If Zyra casts Rampant Growth during Deadly Spines' or Grasping Roots' cast times, she'll now ignore movement commands until both abilities have been cast.
- New Effect: If Zyra casts Rampant Growth during
- Garden of Thorns
- Bug Fix: Plants no longer attempt to target stuff without health bars (ex. Jarvan IV's flag, Thresh's lantern).
- Bug Fix: Plants no longer attempt to target stuff without health bars (ex.
- Grasping Roots
- Root duration increased to 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds from 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75.
- Stats
- Base mana increased to 418 from 334.
- Mana growth reduced to 25 from 50.
- Base mana regeneration increased to 15.335 from 11.5.
- Wildfire Zyra
- Deadly Spines
- Bug Fix: The back side of Thorn Spitters' leaves are now fully textured.
- Stats
- Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 5.69.
- Grasping Roots
- Bug Fix: Fixed very rare instances where canceling an auto attack could also cause an in-flight projectile to disappear.
- Stats
- Base mana regeneration increased to 11.5 from 8.5.
- Mana regeneration growth reduced to 0.4 from 0.8.
- Garden of Thorns
- Seed spawn radius reduced to 900 from 1300.
- Plant duration increased to 8 seconds at all levels from 5 − 7.5 (based on level).
- Spawned seed duration reduced to 30 seconds from 45.
- Plants:
- Gold bounty reduced to 3 from 5.
- Base health increased to 8 from 4.
- Ranged champion damage increased to 4 from 2.
- Melee champion damage increased to 8 from 2.
- Removed: On-hit effects dealing bonus damage.
- Single target ability damage increased to 8 from 4.
- Area of effect ability damage increased to 4 from 2.
- DOT ability damage reduced to 1 from 2.
- Large minion/monster damage increased to 2 from 1.
- Gold bounty reduced to
- Rampant Growth
- Removed: Increases plants' health to 4 − 6 (based on Rampant Growth's rank).
- New Effect: Killing an enemy grants 20% charge toward a seed. This is increased to 100% for enemy champion takedowns, large monster and large minion kills.
- Removed: Increases plants' health to 4 − 6 (based on
- Grasping Roots
- Base damage increased to 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.
- Stranglethorns
- New Effect: Enraged plants gain 50% current and maximum health.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 29 from 20.04.
- Base health increased to 504 from 499.32.
- Health growth increased to 79 from 74.
- Stranglethorns
- Bug Fix: Tooltip now displays the correct damage bonus for plants empowered by Stranglethorns.
- Wildfire Zyra
- Bug Fix: Crown no longer stretches during several animations.
- General
- Bug Fix: Must now actually fire a basic attack to command plants to focus a target. Issuing an attack command and immediately cancelling it no longer triggers the redirect.
- Deadly Spines
- Removed: Thornspitters killed increasing the minion killed stat.
- Grasping Roots
- Removed: Vine Lashers killed increasing the minion killed stat.
- Stats
- Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.
- General
- New Effect: New death animation.
- Haunted Zyra
- General
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where she wasn't able to use the champion mastery emote during death.
- Thorn Spitter
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where enrage was barely visible on Thorn Spitters.
- General
- SKT T1 Zyra
- Stranglethorns
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where no on-ground particles would appear beneath Zyra when using Stranglethorns.
- General
- Removed: Thornspitters and Vine Lashers will no longer always target nearby enemy champions on-spawn instead of the closest enemy unit, even if the ability that spawned them didn't hit a champion.
- Deadly Spines
- Mana cost increased to 70 from 60.
- General
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Zyra's dead body could intercept ARAM's snowball.
- Rampant Growth
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Zyra's seeds from both Rampant Growth and Garden of Thorns weren't respecting their spawn cap.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Zyra's seeds from both Rampant Growth and
- General
- Bug Fix: Zyra's plants now properly count as pets rather than area-of-effect abilities for the slow effect of Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
- Bug Fix: Zyra's
- Deadly Spines
- Base damage increased to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
- AP scaling increased to 60% AP from 55% AP.
- Garden of Thorns
- Bug Fix: Reactivating while Zyra is recalling in brush (thus giving away her location)
- Bug Fix: Reactivating while Zyra is
- Garden of Thorns
- Seed spawn time increased to 13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5 (based on level) seconds from 11 − 6.75 (based on level)
- Deadly Spines
- Bug Fix: Thorn Spitters automatically targeting enemy champions even if Zyra doesn't damage them
- Rampant Growth
- Cooldown changed to 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds from 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13
- Gameplay Update
- General
- New ability icons
- Stats
- Health increased to 499 from 479
- Movement speed increased to 340 from 325
- Garden of Thorns - New I
- Zyra spawns one (occasionally two) seeds every 11 − 6.75 (based on level) seconds in her vicinity but they do not grant vision. Seeds prefer spawning in brush and cannot do so too close together, and the timer on her next seed delays if Zyra is concealed within a brush and there is no room for additional seeds. Zyra can only have 8 seeds planted at a time, which last for 45 seconds. Casting Deadly Spines or Grasping Roots causes nearby seeds to sprout plants, which last for a short duration and deal magic damage per attack. Plants beyond the first attacking a single target deal only 50% damage.
- Plant health reduced to 4 from 6
- New Effect: Plants take 0.5 damage per on-hit effect ( Blade of the Ruined King, Toxic Shot) and from applied damage-over-time ( Noxious Blast, Blaze)
- Plant damage reduced to 29 − 114 (based on level) (+ 15% AP) from 29.5 − 140 (based on level) (+ 20% AP)
- Plant duration reduced to 5 − 7.5 (based on level) seconds from 10 at all ranks.
- Zyra spawns one (occasionally two) seeds every 11 − 6.75 (based on level) seconds in her vicinity but they do not grant vision. Seeds prefer spawning in brush and cannot do so too close together, and the timer on her next seed delays if Zyra is concealed within a brush and there is no room for additional seeds. Zyra can only have 8 seeds planted at a time, which last for 45 seconds. Casting
- Deadly Spines
- Renamed from Deadly Bloom
- Area of effect changed to rectangular and perpendicular to Zyra from circular
- Plant-spawning area increased (relative to damage one)
- Mana cost reduced to 60 at all ranks from 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95
- Base damage reduced to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210
- AP ratio reduced to (+ 55% AP) from (+ 65% AP)
- Renamed from
- Rampant Growth
- Removed: Passively granting cooldown reduction
- New Effect: Plants passively gain 0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2 maximum health for a total 4.4 / 4.8 / 5.2 / 5.6 / 6
- Seed duration increased to 60 seconds from 30
- Stranglethorns
- Removed: Enraged plants gaining 50% bonus attack speed
- Added: Enraged plants deal 50% bonus damage
- General
Trivia[]
- Zyra is voiced by Karen Strassman.[2]
- Cassiopeia, Fiora and Shyvana are also voiced by the same voice actress.
- She re-explores the plant-growing theme of the cancelled champion Gavid (his treant theme was re-explored with Maokai).
- Bradford 'CertainlyT' Wenban hinted at Zyra having three hidden passives, later revealed to be:
- If Zyra kills either Karthus or Sion (or if one of them kills her) the killer receives 2 extra gold (references Plants vs. Zombies)
- Maokai gets +1 movement speed if Zyra is on his team.
- Sunlight makes Zyra grow in size for a short time.
- If Zyra kills either
- Zyra's dance references Cha-cha-cha.
- Zyra is the fourth champion to have a dedicated Recall / Teleport animation.
- Rise of the Thorns (Zyra's first Innate) and Stranglethorns have a cyan hue in her 'Champion Spotlight'.
- Rampant Growth might be referencing the eponymous card from Magic: The Gathering.
- Enemies hit by Grasping Roots are applied the 'Rooted, literally' cosmetic debuff for the duration.
- Deadly Spines' tooltip describing Thorn spitters as 'shooting little friendliness pellets' references Undertale.
- During development she was called Izara, Xara, Xyra or Azalea, like the flower.[3]
See also[]
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