The Mid-Year Mage Update - Zyra new passive skin concepts
The mid-year mage updates has been all an excitement and as a Zyra lover support, the new passive has made Zyra much more unique and gave Zyra such a defined character, thx Riot. alongside with this excitement, there are so much skin ideas just bloomed in my mind just like her new passive., and for a fact that Zyra has not received a single skin since Haunted Zyra. Therefore I want to share these ideas with not only Zyra mains but everyone. This is only for an entertainment, if Riot make it happen it will be great!! if not, we also hope that Zyra will receive a skin soon. Did my research through lol Wikipedia the page of themes and skins and these themes came across my mind as most suitable for Zyra and her new passive.
First - Gemstone Theme
The new Taric has been a successful remake and as a support main I am very much impressed and happy. This idea for Zyra was inspired by Taric's new ctrl+1 - the flashy gem stones. If Taric can spread gemstones like seeds, why can't Zyra? Therefore I propose a Gemstone theme zyra. Could be "Clear Crystal Zyra" "any colour Crystal Zyra" "Blood Stone Zyra" or anything else. Here are some ideas for her kit and look.
- Look - for look I would go for Emma Frost in X-man, her diamond form though, looks nice.
- Passive - Gemstone come out of ground when spread and has a slight shinning effect just like Taric's ctrl + 1.
- Plants - Plants will be gem elements and will burst out of the gem seed.
- Q - Shards of gems coming out of the ground, similar to Braum's ultra but smaller. It will have the glittering effect too.
- W - same as passive
- E - similar to how Lissandra's lower body is during movement - a small wave of gems trapping enemy.
- R - R is the easiest, anything looks cool and massive, maybe a raising gem mountain knocking people up will do?
Second - Project/Program Theme
The project theme was probably one of the coolest theme so far in the game and not long ago comes the program theme which is also really nice. I have noticed that project themes are more for hard engage champs most with swords, therefore I think for Zyra would probably fit in the program theme since there is already Soraka and Lissandra. There was an idea of Atlantean Zyra before, but was carefully looked at. The name I think should just be "Program Zyra" or "Project Zyra"
- Look - If project, then it will be dark armor tight leather suits with her hair white and vines are gonna be (any color picked) laser whip. I would recommend leave her tummy and part of chest without suits because Zyra is meant to be sexy. If program, there is a picture of Atlantean Zyra online, I think it would just look like that.
- Passive - This is the fun part, a little robotic complex pretty much like a little transformer for both project and program I guess, colour and style can be varied.
- Plants - AI robot battery and arms for long and short distance. expands from the robotic complex.
- Q - For project, laser whip from underground/or beams. For program, a zone of virus (Lis's w effect) ? Oh, maybe Zyra can be called "Virus Zyra' in opposite to program. Virus grows too. (fits well)
- W - same as passive
- E - For project, just change the vines to laser vines and will do. For Virus, maybe a geometry particle effect path and tight people like Liss's W.
- R - For Project, a massive enhanced Vickor's gravity field but instead hit people up. For Program, similar to Liss's R, but maybe a pool of unstable data expanding and explode.
Third - The Surprise Party/Definitely not Theme
Everyone love Zyra would have read her Lore story which her Rival is Maokai. I have noticed that Maokai and Zyra have been shearing a lot of theme (which Zyra does not have many anyway), The Charred Maokai and Wildfire Zyra belongs to the fire theme and they both have Haunted Theme. We all know that Maokai has just got a really CUTE skin - Meowkai. Zyra as his rival I high recommend a skin belongs to the same theme just like the order of banana Soraka or urf Nami. This is the hardest one to imagine because there are so many possibilities. Well there can be something like - The garden lady Zyra (since she say garden alot), tea party Zyra, Pant vs Zombie Zyra, Cactus Zyra (the original design of the plant mage was a Cactus slinderman but was abandoned)
- Look - Something funny and cheerful
- Passive - Something cute
- Plants - Something cuter grow from something cute
- Q - Something cute come from the ground/or maybe not even ground
- W - same as passive
- E - Something cute
- R - Capital CUTE
Last but not least - The Mythology and Legends Theme
As a Zyra fan, I do not want to see Zyra just as a random plant in the forest that killed lots of people. There are many western and Eastern images of plant spirits/gods/divines. There is the famous Ceres - goddess of growing plants from Roman mythology. here is a whole page of gods and goddesses of plants to get ideas from. http://www.paganspace.net/profiles/blogs/gods-amp-goddesses-of-plant Although Zyra is born in the forest, not from the stars. She could still have a divine skin. There is the idea in the Eastern mythology that anything could become immortal, so can Zyra. In this skin idea I am hoping to see lots of patterns and brightness maybe gold too.
- Look - Not spiky anymore, less plant identity. Plant theme could combined with her clothing which to have floral patterns and design. Dressing will involve plain white cloth element or gold element. It could be a Greek/Indian/Oriental look. Maybe consider the elements from order of lotus karma but definitely not the same.
- Passive - Something spiritual, similar to Bard's meeps but static. Like a sleeping star dust. Glow in warm light.
- Plants - The waken form of sprites, woke up from long sleep. Glowing in warm light and when the plants are gone, they die like how Taric dies, turn back to star dust.
- Q - Summon sprite power from under ground, same glow as the plants, burst light?
- W - Same as passive
- E - A extended bard Q, the energy wakes the sprites up.
- R - Similar to Sol's q and designed to expand and gather. All the sprites within the R will gain extra energy from the stars and have extra power.
I guess that could be a Star theme or whatever :P There are still many ideas for example Void Zyra since her passive is similar to Illaoi's, they could probably share a theme. These ideas are just for fun, I hope whoever read until this point enjoyed it and really do wish Zyra can receive some new skins in the future. If you love Zyra, post some ideas for Zyra skins below and hopefully will contribute to Riot's decision.