Zyra Build Guide by roscu

Introduction

hey guys this is my first guide so there will be some mistakes, feel free to leave constructive criticism.

so why jungle zyra?
well lets start by comparing her lane phase
if you open q in the lane you can harras or farm but you will run out of mana realy quickly
if you open w then you are less likely to get ganked but you would sacrifice allot of farm in the process
if you open e you can be more aggressive and do more plays but the cooldown on it is just not worth it
so with all of these choices i was not liking the lane phase at all
so i decided to jungle with her and because of her base attackspeed is so good and her aouto attack dmg is enough i believed jungling with zyra would give her the best bet and this guide will show you how to use her abilities to the max

Pros / Cons

ap zyra

Runes

Runes
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power 3	Greater Mark of Attack Speed 9	Greater Seal of Armor 9	Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power 9

Runes
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed 3	Greater Quintessence of Life Steal 3

Masteries

9/21/0 best offensive wile being tanky
you can also try 0/21/9 if you are having mana problems

i take 3 points in brute force because over the +4 ability power because you need it to get through the jungle faster and since your plants wont get much of a bonus from the +4 ap than they already have with your runes
the defensive masteries are pretty standard for junglers
but if you have movement speed quints you can replace 3 points in initiator and put them in vigor

Items

possible openings

• Cloth Armor Health Potionx5 very safe opening but you would require life steal quints to pull it off
• Vampiric Scepter very consistent opening and can save you some time and money wont be able to gank though
• Boots of Speed Health Potionx3 allows you to gank early but you sacrefice survibability in the jungle only take if you are starting red buff

• Wriggle's Lantern this item lets you farm all day is needed for your jungle
• Rylai's Crystal Scepter you need this!, health + ap + slow , this makes your plants slow and allows you to,gank and chase like a boss
• Frozen Heart this item is the most effective item in the game, this solves your mana problems, lets you spam your plants , and ontop of that lets you take some turret hits and cripples ad carries
• Trinity Force your bread and butter as jungle zyra

• Phage this is a very good item on zyra if you dont have enough for rylais then this is a good replacement it allows you to keep ganking
• Sheen this item can be a great damage output but you would have to watch out how you use your moves to effectively use this item
• [wit's end]] this item makes your outo attacks scarry as your plants arent a threat enough, makes them focus you in team fights and allows you to jungle faster wile regaining health
• Rabadon's Deathcap this item is very situational , your rylais and trinity combine give you about the same amount of dmg as just building deathcap and not trinity or rylais but with less survivability, but if your fed and have the extra gold then go ahead and buy it
• Shurelya's Reverie this is great item to chase /escape into or out of teamfights
• Randuin's Omen only grab if the enemy is ad heavy and frozen heart is not cutting it
• Deathfire Grasp great for ap zyra but jungle zyra its not needed only if you and your team are behind in dmg should you get
• Mercury's Treads if ccs on other teams are a problem other wise take tabi its cheaper and does more for you over all
  

jungle route

if you want to gank at lvl 2 then open red buff and boots
if you want to gank at lvl 4 and have a more secure opening start with blue buff
and head on and so on

Summary

so when do i take jungle zyra? when your team needs a tanky off tank or a jungler that is hard to counter , because really zyra is difficult to counter as this build takes full advantage of a type of hybrid that can dish out dmg without sacrificing mobility or tankyness in both ap from her plants and ad from herself

please leave suggestions to improving the guide or items to add
there are items i have not yet tried