Support

Zyra Build 26.22

Everything about Zyra keys off her seeds, and a fight is half-won when the garden is already planted before it starts. A fine but unremarkable pick at 50.6% and slipping this patch, she wants you seeding ahead of time, landing the root, and letting the plants pour damage onto a target stuck in place. Play for zone control and the knock-up ult, not for trading autos.

#31 of 105 support this patch · 1.9k games

Win rate50.6%−0.4Games1.9kPick rate2.2%Ban rate5.9%Last 8 patches+0.2 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 90%AD 5%True 4%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 50.6% WR

Sorcerer's Shoes SkillsE›Q›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.1%AhriMidA51.3%AkaliMidB49.8%AkshanMidC48.9%AlistarSupportS52.7%AmbessaTopD47.6%AmumuJungleB49.5%AniviaMidB50.1%AnnieMidA51.7%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryB49.6%Aurelion SolMidA51.7%AuroraMidA51.4%AzirMidC47.9%BardSupportC48.7%Bel'VethJungleS52.5%BlitzcrankSupportA52.0%BrandSupportC48.6%BraumSupportA51.3%BriarJungleB50.0%CaitlynAD CarryC48.1%CamilleTopB50.8%CassiopeiaMidB49.7%Cho'GathJungleA51.2%CorkiAD CarryB50.8%DariusTopB50.6%DianaJungleB49.7%Dr. MundoTopA50.9%DravenAD CarryA51.5%EkkoMidA51.9%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleA51.3%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.1%FioraTopA52.0%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB50.1%GangplankTopA52.3%GarenTopA51.1%GnarTopC48.7%GragasTopB50.0%GravesJungleB49.5%GwenTopB50.2%HecarimJungleA51.0%HeimerdingerTopA51.2%HweiMidA51.5%IllaoiTopC48.8%IreliaTopB50.1%IvernJungleB49.9%JannaSupportA51.2%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopD47.5%JhinAD CarryB50.1%JinxAD CarryA51.6%K'SanteTopD47.1%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.7%KalistaAD CarryB49.4%KarmaSupportC47.9%KarthusJungleB49.5%KassadinMidA51.7%KatarinaMidS52.5%KayleTopA52.1%KaynJungleB50.2%KennenTopA52.1%Kha'ZixJungleB49.7%KindredJungleA51.6%KledTopA51.2%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.1%LeBlancMidA52.2%Lee SinJungleC48.3%LeonaSupportA51.4%LilliaJungleA51.6%LissandraMidB50.2%LockeMidC48.9%LucianAD CarryC49.0%LuluSupportB49.6%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.3%MalzaharMidB50.2%MaokaiSupportA51.9%Master YiJungleB49.5%MelMidD47.7%MilioSupportC49.2%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.5%MordekaiserTopA51.6%MorganaSupportA51.5%NaafiriJungleB50.5%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopC49.1%NautilusSupportB50.2%NeekoSupportC48.7%NidaleeJungleA51.9%NilahAD CarryS54.0%NocturneJungleB50.2%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.2%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD47.2%OrnnTopB50.7%PantheonTopB50.6%PoppySupportS53.6%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.6%QuinnTopC48.2%RakanSupportA52.4%RammusJungleS+54.7%Rek'SaiJungleA51.4%RellSupportA52.0%Renata GlascSupportB50.1%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC49.2%RivenTopB50.7%RumbleTopC48.5%RyzeMidD46.4%SamiraAD CarryB50.1%SejuaniJungleB50.6%SennaSupportB50.5%SeraphineSupportB50.2%SettTopA52.0%ShacoJungleB50.0%ShenTopS52.4%ShyvanaJungleS53.8%SingedTopA51.6%SionTopA51.5%SivirAD CarryB50.5%SkarnerJungleS52.7%SmolderAD CarryA51.1%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.4%SwainSupportB50.5%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidB49.9%Tahm KenchSupportC48.2%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.0%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.8%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB49.9%TrundleTopD47.7%TryndamereTopB50.1%Twisted FateMidB50.1%TwitchAD CarryB49.6%UdyrJungleA51.6%UrgotTopA51.0%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.6%VeigarMidC48.1%Vel'KozSupportA52.4%VexMidA52.3%ViJungleB49.8%ViegoJungleC49.0%ViktorMidB49.6%VladimirMidA51.1%VolibearTopB49.6%WarwickJungleA52.1%WukongJungleB50.1%XayahAD CarryS53.1%XerathMidA52.1%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.2%YasuoMidC48.3%YoneMidC49.0%YorickTopD47.8%YunaraAD CarryB49.3%YuumiSupportC48.2%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleA51.0%ZedMidC49.1%ZeriAD CarryA51.6%ZiggsAD CarryA51.4%ZileanSupportA51.2%ZoeMidA51.6%ZyraSupportB50.6%

LoL ClassicSee how Zyra was built in the classic eraZyra Classic Build

When Is Zyra Strongest?

Power keeps building past the item spike into the second half, and games at this rank average around 30 minutes. Zyra spikes in the mid game where her plants and area damage dominate any fight in a tight space. Set up around objectives, seed the choke points, and turn a rooted target into a full plant-assisted burst that swings the teamfight.

Game timeline · Zyra drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end29:51

Ambush zone5:24–6:54 Power spike 16:57

15:40

16:57

15:40

21:33

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 50/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~3.9k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Sorcerer's Shoes · 15:40

Zyra Item Build

Zyra is a plant-summoning zone mage who turns a patch of ground into a garden of spitters and lashers. The build stacks ability power and mana so her spells and plants deal heavy area damage, letting her control chokes and punish anyone who steps into her flowerbed.

Standard loadout · Zyra The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 100g

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes82% · 51.7%

Ionian Boots of Lucidity18% · 53.7%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass28553.3%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.C

Cryptbloom3268.8%S

Shadowflame6550.8%B

Bloodletter's Curse3743.2%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens1.9k51.1%S

Stealth Ward3537.1%F

Farsight Alteration1520.0%

Best Zyra Runes

Arcane Comet rewards a champion who lands spells from a safe distance all game long. Her root locks a target down and the plants keep landing on it, which makes the proc almost impossible to shake once she has an angle. Keep the page focused on poke, since her early game is all about chipping from behind the plants.

The pre-game page Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Sorcery Primary

Arcane CometDamaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Manaflow Band91% · 51.1%

Transcendence85% · 50.7%

Scorch81% · 51.2%

Keystone plus three minors from Sorcery, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Domination Secondary

Relentless Hunter40% · 51.0%

Taste of Blood45% · 50.6%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Work toward Liandry's Torment and then Rylai's Crystal Scepter so every plant hits harder than the last. You can lose lane and still take over once the items come online. Rylai's Crystal Scepter coming online at about the 22-minute mark is when her seeds turn from chip damage into a wall of burst that melts anyone rooted inside it. Build for that spike and set your garden before the fight, not during it.

Zyra Skill Order

Because Grasping Roots takes the level 1 point and then 4 and 5, Zyra's early trades are root-first rather than poke-first, with Rampant Growth at 2 for seeds and Deadly Spines left at one rank from level 3.

Skill order · Zyra R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›E

E›Q

Q›W

WMax E first; Q at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q38101213max 13

W2max 2

E14579max 9

R611max 11

Zyra Abilities

Seeds bloom into two different plants depending on what she casts near them. Deadly Spines over a seed sprouts a Thorn Spitter that fires from range, while Grasping Roots over one raises a Vine Lasher whose hits sap enemy movement speed. Rampant Growth stockpiles the seeds, recharging faster off every kill.

Abilities · Zyrapatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Garden of ThornsPassiveP

Deadly SpinesMax 2ndQ

Rampant GrowthMax lastW

Grasping RootsMax 1stE

StranglethornsUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Grasping RootsMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+35 per rank+60% APlv 160lv 495lv 5130lv 7165lv 9200Cost+5 per ranklv 170lv 475lv 580lv 785lv 990Constant at every rankCooldown11ssame at all ranks

Zyra Base Stats

Base stats · ZyraPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD53+3.2AS0.681+2.11%MS340Range575HP574+93HP55.5+0.5Armor29+4.2MR30+1.3MP418+25MP57+0.8

Zyra Matchups

Zyra is squishy and immobile, so hard engage and assassins who jump her before her plants are set punish her the most. Immobile or grouped enemies who have to fight in her zone, where seeds bloom into a small army, feed her area damage and let her lock down a whole team.

Lane matchups · Zyra click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs supports 01Poke the enemy carry with Q plants before their shields activate.02Place W seeds in brush for vision and instant plant follow-up.03Layer R knockup with E root to punish grouped enchanter picks. Win rate by game lengthZyra overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min48.1%20–28 min50.8%28–35 min50.9%Over 35 min50.8%

Hard engage and gap-closers ruin Zyra's day, so read Camille, Janna, and Neeko as the champions who dive past your plants before they can work and hold the root to peel them the instant they commit. She dominates Taric, Pantheon, and Tahm Kench, poke-reliant champions that have to walk into her garden and eat plant damage just to trade. Set your seeds early and let the terrain fight for you.

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