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Zyra - The Maleficent Seeds

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Spells:

Flash

Exhaust

Ability Order

Zyra Passive Ability

Introduction

Hello, my name is tud0r24, a support-main player who reached this season Diamond 5.
This is my first guide, so any constructive cryticism or upvotes are welcome. :D
has become lately a very popular support both in SoloQ and in competitive plays, thanks to her utility, but also because of her great damage.

Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Great engage/disengage with /
+ Plants deal a lot of damage over time
+ Good poke in lane
+ Transforms in AP Carry late game if built properly.

is a popular support for many reasons. Her utility comes in great team fight potential with her engage or disengage, but her laning phase is also great with her poke. Late game, her damage is same with a AP Carry, so you can carry games by yourself

Cons

- You are really aquishy, so you need a good positioning.
- / are easy to dodge.
+ You can't poke properly vs a sustain lane.

is a squshy support, so she can be burst down by or . your skillshots are easy to avoid, so you need good bush control to land good . or can heal your poke, so you have to force all-ins, which are pretty good post-6.

Skill explanation

deadly bloom

Rise of the thorns: //Upon death, you can a projectile that deals true damage in a row.

Tips and Tricks

// You don't have to throw it immediatelly after death, wait for a good opportunity.
// If the enemies try to avoid it, you should throw it ASAP.

deadly bloom Deadly bloom: // Your main poke in early laning phase, coupled with a plant deals great damage. You should max this early for better zoning potential. Thorn spitter plant has high range.

Tips and Tricks

// Try to get both the ADC and support with deadly bloom.
// Don't spam it early or you're going to have mana issues.

Rampant growth: // Passively you get up to 10% CDR. Actively you put down a seed which gives you vision, using Q or E on a seed grows a plant.

Tips and Tricks

// Use seeds or plants to grants vision in bushes.
// Plants' damage increase with level and AP, so you don't need to max Rampant Growth, but last.

Grasping roots: //Your main CC ability, Vine Lasher plant has low range, but applies a slow. The duration of root increases with the ability's level.

Tips and Tricks

// Try to predict enemies' movement when landing it, because the projectile is quite slow.
// If u catch multiple enemies with the root, follow with [[stranglethorns], so your team can follow up.

Stranglethorns: Great ultimate for teamfights or fights in lane. The knock-up is delayed, so try to couple it with or an aly's cc.

Tips and Tricks

// If there are plants in Stranglethorns, their AS will be increased, so try to get as many plants as possible in the fight.
// Also a great pealing ability, use it on top of your ADC if he gets focused in teamfights.

Abilities sequence

Ability Sequence Order

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

> deadly bloom > >

In the laning phase maxing deadly bloom is best option for better poke, but when the fights for dragon start you should max for better CC. Take at level 6, 11, 16 and max last.

Masteries

With these masteries you will start with 10% CDR, a free from the Defense Masteries and bonus movement speed, mana regen, gold and improved potions () from the Utility tree. This way you will have a good early game, scaling even better in the late game.

Runes

Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: This will help when trading , also in the early fights or dragon teamfights.
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: Your abilies' base stats are great, and the plants will deal a good amount of the damage coupled with these marks. Another option is greater mark of hybrid penetration for a better laning phase pressure, as your AA range is one of the highest from the supports (except Annie's).
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: This will help with the poke of enemy support ( Lulu, Sona, Karma) but you can consider to mix with Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist if the enemy mid-laner is the only magic damage dealer.
Greater Seal of Health: This way you won't die so easily if you trade early.

Items

Item Sequence

This will help with your damage, but or are also good chices.

Best gold item for mage-supports, with a good active for peel and good stats. You can sell it in late game for / or another AP item.

Rush it after , but upgrade it to later. You can also buy early wards and buy it after or

Your plants apply the %health damage, and coupled with every abilities procs the maximum damage. Buy an early and upgrade it after , and

It helps with the assassin's and the armor is also pretty good. If you are not focused you can buy instead.

Buy it earlier if the enemies have a lot of CC(,, or if the ADC dies early in teamfights.

This is a very siutuational item that shines vs healers (, , , especially with your AoE spells.

This is an option to replace if you want to roam a lot. I recomand this if your lane is easy to win and you can afford to help the mid-lane with wards and ganks.

If your team already has high damage (a carry top/jungler) this is a great choice to help you protect the ADC/initiate.

It's great for a late-game defensive item if the enemy team has a single spell initiatin (, , .

If the tank doesn't buy it, i would recomand it only vs AoE teams (, , ).

Gameplay

Early game
Wait until 1:50 before leveling any ability; if you invade/get invaded put a point in E, otherwise level Q. Help your jungler, but don't get in lane too late and try to push fast and get level 2. Try to poke safely, and after level 3 find an oportunity to land E-W-Q-W combo on an enemy (preferably the ADC). Ward and try apply pressure.
If you win lane, try to pressure with the jungler, but if you aren't ahead ask for jungler's help and keep warding.

Mid game
Mid game is about objectives. Try to group up and get drakes and turrets. Your kit is great for teamfights, so try to force them. Focus on peeling for your ADC and CC as many enemies as possible.

Late game
If it's safe, get , otherwise group and keep teamfighting and get inhibitors. If you're ahead, ward enemy jungle and try to catch an enemy, if you are behind ward your jungle and try to defend turrets. Never go alone and keep your ADC safe.

Synergies

Great

Ashe synergy

Great

Caitlyn synergy

Bad

Corki synergy

Good

Draven synergy

Good

Ezreal synergy

Medium

Graves synergy

Great

Jinx synergy

Medium

Kog'Maw synergy

Good

Lucian synergy

Good

MF synergy

Medium

Sivir synergy

Good

Tristana Synergy

Good

Twitch synergy

Great

Varus synergy

Good

Vayne synergy

Support matchups

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Conclusion

This is my guide. I hope you enjoyed it and learnt something useful. This is my first guide and i would appreciate any tips or advice.
I would like to thank jhojhoi for her guide, that helped me a lot