Rework of Zyra´s passive
(In this thread i am not talking about her current spot and meta etc. It is about Zyra herself, as a champion in the League of Legends)
Hello guys,
in this thread I would like to give some ideas for a reworked "Rise of the Thorns". First of all i love Zyra, she is my most played champion and i can´t stop playing her. I have the opinion her immobility is justified to the damage she can deal in a fight in contrast to other players. And her current spot is ok, although she is outranged by other midlane champions. But, after so many games and in comparism to other champions i feel she lacks personality. If we do not look at visuals, but the abilities themself, she seems to be a mage like others. The only thing which makes her a bit special is her "W". I think she should have something emphasizing her even more as the plantmage. There are just few hidden interactions with Leona, Sion, Karthus and Maokai and the quote: "Our seasons are reversed. My spring, your fall." which make Zyra feel really cool beside gameplay. Although i play her more then other champions, i dont like her voiceover. In comparism to those other champions i see, that many of them are identified due to their passive.
Thresh because of the souls, the chainwarden who executes you with his hook,
Karthus the Deathsinger after his death,
Katarina jumping around after killing an enemy due to Voracity,
Gnar^^,
Soraka the ambulance,
Riven´s blade,
Jinx with her Excitement,
etc.
If we now look at Zyra´s "Rise of the Thorns":
Yes she was a plant before she got that human body and after death she becomes a plant again and shoots thorns. Cool idea. No doubts, that the thorns hurt. But, in my eyes she should have a passive, which stresses her as a plant even more, as she is isolated from others by her lore (except hidden interactions with 4 champions) and (in my opinion) not a great voiceover.
Her current passive has:
Range 1500 Damage: 80 + (20x Level of Zyra) true damage Misslespeed: 1900 Missle width: 70
To make her feel more as a powerfull plant i think she should have different post death abilities, but she is able to use one of them post-death.
Rise of the thorns:
Q: Zyra can damage 1 opponent with grievious wounds dealing 70 + (20x Zyra´s level) true damage over 3 seconds #thorns Range: 750 (thorns moving from Zyra to her foe and surrounding them quickly for the time they are damaging)
W: Zyra pulls Champs around her dead body towards her (something like Diana E without slow) Range: 225 (leaves around her after death, which are pulling champions to Zyra)
E: Zyra summons in a small aoe thorns for 3 seconds and dealing 20 + (8x Zyra´s Level) true damage per second and slowing them for 20% within this area. Range: 700
R: Zyra silences 1 enemy for 1 second and deals 100/150/200 magic damage. That´s what im thinking about when i hear "Strangethorns".
After her death all passives could be visualized around her dead body (thorns surrounding Zyra, the leaves of her w etc.) and only one of these would trigger, depending on which one was casted.
It would be a stronger passive due to situations, however every passive is weaker than her current passive. But my point is, via this new passive you could highlight her as a plant furthermore with more visuals, beside being able to cast an ability on a seed every 10 seconds to grow a plant.
When Riot worked on Azir, they realized he wouldn´t be anything special with his first kits they designed for him. In this thread i would like to give a suggestion how to make Zyra a little more special.
