Zyra mid main's (since season 4) thoughts on changes on PBE
Hi.
I'll be brief to not lose anyone's time.
I like them, because I know how oppressive Zyra can be in lane. However, to be fair, Zyra's plants are like part of her own health - by that I mean that if they're destroyed easily, Zyra loses anything that can save her from hard engage. Her spells are slow and her cast times long, which she makes up for by the fact she can then kite around her plants without doing anything other. Otherwise her oponent is just going to kill the plant in one hit and nothing stops them from killing Zyra, because she's extremely vulnerable without her plants. That's why it's so easy to misstep with her and immediately sign her own euthanasia protocol by that, even now, if she gets separated from them, let alone if they die.
So unless the new spawnrate makes it so she has at least 3 plants when she casts a spell, this is going to completely destroy her. What I suggest (if these changes are going to get through PBE) is any of these:
- Shorten the cast time on her E and/or Q (E preferably)
- Buff her base health a bit
- Buff plants' scaling by 0.05
I might be just an idiot blabbering, but I think that the opinion of someone with my experience could mean something. #Cheers!
... - she's dead, just pretend you're coming for her and bait out her plants. Pretend you're walking to step on her seeds, then back up, she summons them, you wait till they die, then engage.