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Rise of the Thorns

Zyra Support build & stats

MageSupport C 239 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
46.9%
Pick rate
3.2%
Ban rate
3.7%
Division
All divisions

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
25.0% 4 games

Finish these three

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,600 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
8,850 gold
62.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
48.2% 195 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
67.6% WR
34 games · 14% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
54.0% 50 games

Max order

Grasping Roots E Deadly Spines Q Rampant Growth W
33.3% 3 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 46.9% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (239 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Liandry's Torment — 53% win rate over 15 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 70% of games with a 43% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Seraphine (58% over 12 games). Hardest: Yuumi (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Zyra scales: 53% win rate after 35 minutes versus 43% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
53.3% WR
15 games · 6% pick
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
62.5% WR
8 games · 3% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon
57.1% WR
7 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
25.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
48.2% WR
195 games · 82% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
42.9% WR
21 games · 9% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
83.3% 3% (6)
75.0% 2% (4)
66.7% 13% (30)
60.0% 4% (10)
49.4% 32% (77)
48.3% 62% (147)
48.1% 77% (183)
47.2% 15% (36)
40.0% 6% (15)
33.3% 1% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
38.9% WR
72 games · 30% 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 + Domination Domination
41.7% WR
36 games · 15% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Taste of Blood Relentless Hunter
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
67.6% WR
34 games · 14% pick
Electrocute Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 43.5%70% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 69.2%16% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 35.3%7% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 30.0%4% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 51.0%62% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 54.0%21% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 23.7%16% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Grasping Roots E Deadly Spines Q Rampant Growth W 33.3%3 games

Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (0%).

  • 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.