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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
Rise of The Thorns
Official role
MAGE
Lane
Support
Difficulty
Medium
Source tier
A

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE GARDEN OF THORNS

When hitting enemies with Grasping Roots, Zyra spawns Thorn Spitters who fight for her. If it misses, a Thorn Spitter will spawn at the end of the root’s travel path instead. Thorn Spitters automatically attack Zyra’s target, dealing Magic Damage. Deadly Spines or Stranglethorns spawn additional Thorn Spitters for each extra enemy champion, large monster, or epic monster hit.

1 DEADLY SPINES

Thick vines spread through the ground and explode into spines, dealing magic damage to enemies within the area. Zyra will also spawn a Thorn Spitter, dealing damage. For each enemy hit the number of Thorn Spitters will increase.

2 RAMPANT GROWTH

Zyra enrages all Thorn Spitters near her. Enraged Thorn Spitters’ duration get reset and they gain bonus Health and bonus Attack Damage.

3 GRASPING ROOTS

Zyra sends forth vines through the ground to ensnare her target, dealing Magic Damage and rooting enemies they come across. Zyra spawns a Thorn Spitter when the vines hit the first enemy, or after the skill is cast if no enemy is hit.

ULTIMATE STRANGLETHORNS

Zyra summons a massive thicket at a target location, dealing Magic Damage to enemies as it expands and knocking them airborne as it contracts. When enemy champions are hit, a Thorn Spitter will spawn.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Blackfire Torch
  2. Liandry's Torment
  3. Rylai's Crystal Scepter
  4. Boots of Mana

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.