Zyra's plant AI

TheFameAnimal·4/21/2015, 9:18:10 AM·3 votes·754 views

I played Zyra a while ago and I noticed that her plants are very inconsistent when it comes to targeting enemies, plants can attack a champion first and then a second later, they will target minions. This misses out on a lot of potential damage to champions and possible kills as well.

What I propose is that the plant targeting is changed to 'always champions' as long as the plants are in range to attack. If the champions are out of the plant range, obviously the plants will attack minions.

Any of you are welcome to comment different suggestions if you want, this is just my thoughts on the plant AI :)

Many Thanks! ;)

4 Comments

Soliox4/21/2015, 9:29:31 AM2 votes

her damage is already outrageous and the plants attack before their spawn animation is even finished, if there even is one. I would be ok with that change if there was a noticeable duration on, say, a growing animation during which they do not attack. They're seeds turning into a plant, after all, yet they seem to behave as heimer turrets that just get plopped on the ground out of thin air

qetzel4/21/2015, 3:27:01 PM2 votes

I want Zyra to have more control over her plants. Perhaps a champion "tagged" with one of her abilities will be attacked until they leave range.

I don't want her plants to just get stronger. I want good Zyra's to have the potential to make them stronger.

Nichiyoubi4/21/2015, 3:33:03 PM2 votes

Just wanted to add here that you can make her plants keep on attacking a champion if you auto-attack him yourself.

Solidair34/21/2015, 7:39:22 PM1 votes

I think this would be a bit over kill. The way they work now, and has for a while now, is that they attack champions if in range when they first sprout, and continue to attack them so long as the enemy champ stays in range. They will also switch to the champion if Zyra herself is attacking them.

She already has plenty of control over them, and creating situations where she has LESS control would not be good. What if I want to hit dragon and not a champion? or baron?