Zyra/SkinsTrivia

Champion	Ability Details	Background	Strategy	Skins & Trivia

Skins Edit

Classic Skin
24-Jul-2012
Wildfire Zyra
1350 RP / 24-Jul-2012

Trivia Edit

Zyra was designed by Morello, who came up with the idea. Coronach and CertainlyT did most of her design.^[1]^[2]^[3]
Zyra is voiced by Karen Strassman, who also voices Cassiopeia, Fiora, Shyvana, and Elise.
Morello stated this champion was inspired by Sadida's Shoe, a character class from the Dofus/Wakfu games.
- Zyra's Rise of the Thorns is similar to the Sadida's Still Life. Sadida revives as an Ultra-Powerful Doll, while Zyra turns into a large plant.
- Zyra's Rampant Growth is similar to Sadida's Doll Seeds, as both types of seeds have different forms depending on the spells used on them.
- Zyra's Grasping Roots is similar to Sadida's Bramble, as both cover the enemy in thorny roots and deal damage.
Zyra is the 4th champion to have an ability that allow the champion to attack after death. Zyra's ability is Rise of the Thorns, while the others are Karthus's Death Defied, Kog'Maw's Icathian Surprise and Yorick's Omen of Death.
Zyra's co-creator, CertainlyT, hinted in the LoL forums that Zyra has three hidden passives. They're confirmed to be:
- Sion: When either Sion or Zyra kills the other, they receive a bonus +2 gold (a reference to Plants Vs. Zombies).
- Maokai: Maokai gets +1 movement speed if he's on the same team as Zyra.
- Leona: Leona's passive causes Zyra to increase in size for a short time.
Zyra's dance resembles the basic movements for the dance "Cha-cha-cha".
Zyra's passive was called Queen of Thorns before being changed to Rise of the Thorns.
Zyra is the fourth champion to have a special animation while using Recall or Teleport in which she looks up and extends red vines in her arms touching the ground.
Zyra's name resembles the word "Zahra" in Arabic, which means 'blooming flower'.
Zyra is the fifth champion to be able to transform, albeit hers has a different mechanic than Elise, Nidalee, Shyvana and Swain.
Zyra's passive, Rise of the Thorns, and ultimate, Stranglethorns, have a cyan hue instead of green in her Champion Spotlight.
Zyra's Rampant Growth is possibly a reference to the Magic: The Gathering card of the same name.
Zyra's earring has some resemblance to the icon of the Zerg Swarm in Starcraft 2 - a comparison can be found here.
Zyra is the second champion who shares her title with a skill name, after Vayne.

Skins Edit

Classic Zyra bears resemblance to Poison Ivy from the DC Universe.
Classic Zyra bares similarities to the character Sarah Kerrigan from the Starcraft series - similar appearance and voices, titles Rise of the Thorns and Queen of Blades, and even a quote - Kerrigan saying "This world is mine" and Zyra's "This land is mine".
Classic Zyra's hair is very similar to Jessie from the Pokemon franchise.
Wildfire Zyra is possibly a reference to the Flame Atronach from the Elder Scrolls games.