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Rise of the Thorns

Zyra Support build & stats

MageSupport C 3,106 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
48.9%
Pick rate
2.5%
Ban rate
3.5%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.0% 38 games

Finish these three

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,600 gold
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon
2,850 gold
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
8,450 gold
66.7% WR 9 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
51.9% 264 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
75.0% WR
24 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
54.9% 51 games

Max order

Grasping Roots E Deadly Spines Q Rampant Growth W
62.5% 8 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Zyra

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Zyra wins 48.9% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (3,106 games).
  • Most common core: Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Morellonomicon → Liandry's Torment — 52% win rate over 152 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 41% of games with a 48% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Alistar (74% over 23 games). Hardest: Xerath (21% over 14 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
66.7% WR
9 games · 0% pick
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
Bloodletter's Curse
Bloodletter's Curse
50.0% WR
6 games · 0% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
66.7% WR
6 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
38 games · 1% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
51.9% WR
264 games · 8% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
49.4% WR
77 games · 2% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
34.8% WR
23 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 0% (3)
63.6% 1% (22)
61.0% 2% (59)
58.1% 1% (31)
57.9% 1% (19)
53.0% 6% (185)
52.2% 1% (23)
50.0% 0% (4)
49.1% 11% (340)
44.4% 0% (9)
36.4% 0% (11)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
39.7% WR
63 games · 2% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
60.6% WR
33 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Presence of Mind Cut Down
Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
75.0% WR
24 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Taste of Blood Relentless Hunter

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 49.6%8% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 50.0%1% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 47.1%1% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 46.2%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 46.4%4% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 53.1%3% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 54.9%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Grasping Roots E Deadly Spines Q Rampant Growth W 62.5%8 games
Deadly Spines Q Rampant Growth W Grasping Roots E 57.1%7 games
Grasping Roots E Rampant Growth W Deadly Spines Q 50.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (57%), E → W → Q (46%), E → Q → W (33%).

  • PGarden 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.

  • QDeadly 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.

  • WRampant 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 Gro...

  • EGrasping 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 S...

  • RStranglethorns

    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.