Let's talk Zyra
My point of view: Being released during a meta where immobile champions were popular Zyra has suffered through a lot of nerfs. Damage reduction, range reduction, projectile speed decrease, projectile hitbox reduction, movement speed nerf, cooldown increase. The meta has shifted a lot and in my eyes adjustments have to made. With the rise in popularity of highly mobile midlaner like Yasuo, Ahri, Zed, (Jayce) or high range mages like Ziggs, Xerath or to some extend Syndra (E) she completely lost her presense at this lane. Looking at her botton lane support role we can conclude something similiar: With the significant nerf of her E's speed and hitbox this easily avoidable, long cooldown root can't apply any pressure; not to mention that the 0.75s duration is a joke. Especially with champion like Braum who can simply block it and even have a lower cooldown on that. At the same time killing her plants now give money.
QoL fixes I'ld suggest:
Rise of the Thorns (Passive): Shot delay removed
*Grasping Roots: * Root duration from 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 /1.75 to 1.35 / 1.45 / 1.55 / 1.65 /1.75 Projectile speed nerf undone: 1150 back to -> 1325 (hitbox-size nerf stays)
Bug fixes: Currently some people can occasionally jump out of her root: Yasuo R; Zed W
Buff suggestion (Note these are independant from her QoL suggestions.)
*Rampant Growth:*Upon kill or assist Zyra gains a seed.
*Stranglethorns:*Delay reduced from 2s to 1.5s Reason: Yasuo, Ahri, Zed, Jayce, Kassa / any common midlane pick can EASILY escape this spells so it deals 0 damage. Allowing counterplay is fine, BUT currently the delay is so huge that it's simply unreliable. Even 1.5s would still be very long timeframe.
