Is Zyra balanced?

sirfuhkstain·6/9/2016, 1:26:14 PM·2 votes·1,622 views

My opinion is probably invalid since I'm silver. Zyra doesn't seem like she has many down sides. Her spells cost very little mana, her cooldowns are low, she does insane damage, when spamming abilities still has more mana than you. She gets kills on accident & the range on her spells feels long (compared to somebody like Ezreal who has trouble getting near her in lane since she out ranges him) she sets up faster than any control mage i know of & has insane disengage The people i played barely knew what game they were in and still didn't really have to worry until i got ganks, I don't wanna imagine her at high ELO I am a silver scrub so take this for what you will, this is just me expressing rage outside of the game.

7 Comments

IAMS4T4N6/9/2016, 1:30:49 PM2 votes

She could use a little toning down

zlumpy6/9/2016, 2:32:50 PM2 votes

The really nasty part is when late game she starts comboing her ult with characters like orianna. By herself not that bad but with those synergies she has it just gets nasty. Watching an entire team lose 50%hp almost instantly or just outright die is depressing.

Nami no Dewae6/9/2016, 2:52:54 PM2 votes

I believe the way they changed zyra has upped up the skill level you need to play her. zyra is balanced tho.. even though she does tons or dmg, she has 0 mobility and escapes. For champs who have ez lock downs & gap closers like rengar, kha and hec etc, it's super easy to take her out 1st. The moment shes used all her seeds and you know seeds are on Cd= dead. the moment you know she just used her snare & plants = dead. Positioning is really important for zyra and it's easy to die the second your out of pos. Ppl think shes more scary than she really is. At early game in lane she is. never trade with her, BUT Mid to late she can be taken out ez with the right timing and notice of her positioning. A lot of ppl like to flash away when she ults... but if there's only 1 plant there or none, it's really not worth the flash unless you know the enemy team is there and going to jump you. I'd say, zyra can be easily countered if you pay att to where her seeds are&the CD on her seeds (she can only carry 2 afterall, and theyre on quite high CD). The other seeds would be random and she needs to be in the area for a certain amount of time to grow them there.

Revali6/9/2016, 1:28:36 PM1 votes

Her and illaoi are similar.

Don't fight them in their zone, beat them before they can have tentacles/seeds scattered around. of course its easier said than done sometimes, but zyras only reliable cc is a slow, her snare is an iffy skillshot that can be a bit hard to see sometimes

Illaoi is well... illaoi. Slow. Stupid damage. but super telegraphed

Elisheva6/9/2016, 4:41:56 PM1 votes

She's more fair than a lot of other champions, but if people keep complaining, she will be semi-gut. Main reason being... This is "League of Let their plants live!" No one kills them. Her damage source goes completely ignored.

BloodyTompon6/9/2016, 4:52:17 PM1 votes

She is statistically out of line (and has been an outlier for a while now). Her play rate isn't that high atm though so she won't receive a nerf for at least a few patches.