By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Zyra
Rise of the Thorns
MageSupport
League of LegendsPatch 26.16MidRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA10,247 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Mid)
- 48.5%
- Win Rate
- 2.0%
- Pick Rate
- 16.9%
- Ban Rate
10,247
Games
Moderate
Confidence
Matchup map (Mid) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |  |   |
| Core 2 |  |   |   |   |
| Core 3 |   |   |  |   |
| Boots |  |  |  |  |
| Situational |   |  |   |  |
Popular build
4,714 games48.9%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
3,382 games47.6%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
1,230 games51.0%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Domination
Electrocute
Cheap Shot
Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter
Secondary: Resolve
Font of Life
Conditioning
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Garden of Thorns
Seeds spawn around Zyra periodically, becoming faster with level. Zyra can cast Deadly Spines or Grasping Roots near seeds to grow plants, who fight for Zyra.
Passive — never cast
Deadly Spines
Thick vines spread through the ground and explode into spines, dealing magic damage to enemies within the area. If cast near a seed, Deadly Spines grows a Thorn Spitter plant, which fires at enemies from afar.
Cost 55 ManaCooldown 7/6.5/6/5.5/5sRange 800
Rampant Growth
Zyra plants a seed, lasting up to 60 seconds. Deadly Spines and Grasping Roots cast near seeds will turn them into plants who fight for Zyra. Zyra can store multiple seeds at once, and killing enemies reduces Rampant Growth's recharge time.
Cost 0 ManaCooldown 0sRange 850
Grasping Roots
Zyra sends forth vines through the ground to ensnare her target, dealing damage and rooting enemies they come across. If cast near a seed, Grasping Roots grows a Vine Lasher, whose short range attacks reduce enemy Move Speed.
Cost 70/75/80/85/90 ManaCooldown 11sRange 1100
Stranglethorns
Zyra summons a twisted thicket at her target location, dealing damage to enemies as it expands and knocking them airborne as it contracts. Plants within the thicket are enraged.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 110/100/90sRange 700
Scaling — level 1–18
ZyraMid average
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Counter plan — how to beat Zyra
Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Track the roam — it is strongest where the enemy jungler already is
Punish the cooldown — Zyra is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 7/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
ARAM performance
- 53.3%
- Win Rate ▲ 1.0%
- 6.3%
- Pick Rate ▲ 2.3%
- 0.6%
- Ban Rate ▲ 3.3%
- Damage dealt
- 109.0%
- Damage taken
- 93.0%
- Healing
- 110.9%
- Shielding
- 99.8%
- Ability Haste
- +0
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now-0.6
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch-0.2
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.9
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.6
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.