Zyra Humor Guide by natsukagami

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my ARAM Zyra guide! My name is Natsu Kagami and I'm a summoner from Garena servers. Though my rankings aren't so high but I'm very deeply interested in the ARAM/Howling Abyss map. Hope you enjoy my guide!

Pros / Cons

Pros Very long ranged caster Incredibly crazy poke, hard AoE CC with Stranglethorns Plants deal tons of damage if not being focused She's sexy :D

Cons Very damn squishy and mana hungry early game Requires time to master plants positioning Cast time problems No escape mechanism exept for a point-blank Grasping Roots

Masteries

I bet you might think this looks like a masteries page for an Agressive AP Support. Well, I play mainly supports, especially Zyra so... what?9 points in Offense tree for 4% CDR, a little AP and the honorable Arcane Knowledge
Why 21 points in Utility Tree?

• It counters your mana hunger.
• Gives you extreme mobility, so that you can move>spam>move easily, and die when needed :D
• GP10 and increased EXP gain from Greed and Awareness makes you an ARAM boss. More details below.

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Okay. Viable I say. but I don't recommend. Why? You are a skill spammer. Burst damage added from Havoc and Archmage and Executioner isn't that neccessary. Plus, you'll lack mana and CDR. Not so cool for a spammer hey... Not so cool.

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Why no points in Offense tree?

Soon explained when it comes to Runes.

Runes

My preferred runes

Greater Mark of Magic Penetration, Greater Seal of Mana Regeneration, Greater Glyph of Ability Power are all standard Far Ranged AP Caster runes. No need no discuss about these.

Why not Greater Glyph of Magic Resist?

Simply because somehow I chose Greater Quintessence of Health, which gives no AP.

Okay then... Why not Greater Quintessence of Ability Power and Greater Glyph of Magic Resist instead?

This once confused me. But since penetration are pretty much more crazy in S3 Health is now the dominant stat. 78 flat health is WTF awesome, comparing to 12 magic resist which gets penetrated easily.
Also, Greater Quintessence of Health replaces 9 Defense tree points from Masteries, which gives you 4% CDR, a little AP and 8% magic pen. Isn't that a fair trade? No. It's completely yours.

Summoner Spells

Heal: this thing is just too awesome. And because your team is soloing mid, this Heal thing has become brilliant choice. SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE

Ignite: Okay so what happens if you wanna focus on a carry foe, and the whole enemy team has Heal? Ignite his a**. He'll be crying as a Heal failed baby. But be careful, don't take too many Ignites because your team will lack others such as Barrier or Flash or Clarity

Flash: Simply never find yourself out of position anymore. SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE SPACESPACE

Abilities

Skill Sequence

This is my most common skill sequence on ARAM Zyra. Maxing deadly bloom simplyy opens up your damage atvery high range. Maxing Rampant Growth second will maximize your CDR, also your seed reproducting speed. Grasping Roots can be left behind since people will try to dodge it (it's pretty easily to dodge with average bullet speed). And always level up Stranglethorns at 6, 11 and 16. It's too important to forget :D

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This is an alternate to the upper sequence, if you're feeling not so well with your team's CC. It also increases burst damage, but I don't like it XD My goal is to achieve maximum poke damage.

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Skill Tips

• Try to plant Rampant Growth> deadly bloom = Thorn Spitters inside bushes. Without attention they deal tons of damage.
• Spam your deadly bloom but watch your mana (before buying Chalice of Harmony).
• With your high movespeed from masteries & boots remember to always move up> Rampant Growth> deadly bloom> Rampant Growth>move down as your poke combo.
• A quick Rampant Growth> Grasping Roots can help you dodge a skillshot, since a Vine Lasher will take it for you. Good against Nidalee XD
• If you’re caught consider either run/ Flash away or die with Stranglethorns + 2 raging plants casted. You’re still too damn worthy with Rise of the Thorns's true damage skillshot. AND with increased Exp gain your Rise of the Thorns will hurt because you outleveled your foes.

Items

Provides required mobility to poke combo. Also it reduces slows.

This will burn the enemies' a**es. Plus it synergies with your Grasping Roots and Vine Lashers. Bonus!

Tons of AP. Why not?

Ice + Fire. Yay! Double burn damage. (this is such f*** logic)

Unlimited mana. Plus a Seraph's Embrace's shield.

Lead your team to victory.

Abyss Gameplay

Game Start

Okay so your game begins with everyone on the Spawn Point. Buy your items quickly (you should write yourself a custom item set before, and *tip: do you know you can right-click on the item on the shop to buy it instead of double-clicking?*), head quickly to the mid brush (photos uploading later) and plant down a Rampant Growth seed + wait for enemies to reach then deadly bloom then RUN! and let the plant do the rest. If your plant gets immediately killed don't worry. Head back to your allies' position and prepare for a real combat coming, saying they've wasted 1~2 skills on your plant.

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The rest of the game

Spam deadly bloom and Rampant Growth. Keep the enemies hardly poked.
Seek for chances to Stranglethorns but don't worry as its cooldown wouldn't be so long. But keep in mind that you should have at least 2 plants inside Stranglethorns to make them WTF rage...!

Getting jumped on... :(

Usually you won't be close enough for anyone to jump on you. But unluckily there are to possible situations where you get jumped on:

• There's a Riven on the enemy team. This situation might sound bad, but an early Grasping Roots should be punishing her to death. But if not then you must rely on your allies or your own juking skills.
• You get focused on when going up for combos. There are 2 options for this. You can:
  Run for your life, spam Grasping Roots and Rampant Growth to slow down enemies and/or Flash away
  Prepare to die. Go for 2x Rampant Growth >> deadly bloom >> Grasping Roots >> Stranglethorns (do this very quick, consider smartcasting) and shoot a Rise of the Thorns shot when you die. Still you will deal tons of damage XD Then hit P and go shopping.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading my Zyra guide!! This is my first time making a guide to hope people would help me with feedbacks ^^
This guide will be always under construction, til the game closes... Because nothing stays the same :)
On my server Boots of Speed's price's just changed today (June 18th) @.@
And I wanna say thanks to astrolia (how can i tag users?) for inspiring me to play Zyra. I just love astrolia's guide...
Goodbye :)