Zyra,Rise of the Thorns

Stats: health: Health574+93, resource: Mana418+25, health regen: Health regen. (per 5s)5.5+0.5, resource regen: Mana regen. (per 5s)13+0.4, armor: Armor29+4.2, attack damage: Attack damage53+3.2, attack speed: Base AS0.681, gameplay radius: Gameplay radius65, selection radius: Selection radius120, release: 2012-07-24, changed: V13.21, role: Catcher, position: Support, rangetype: Ranged, adaptivetype: Magic, cost: 3150|790

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ZyraMainCurrent 1Current 2TitlesNickname(s)Lady made of plantsAlias(es)Rise of the ThornsCharacteristicsSpeciesUnknown(Possibly a newSpecies)Pronoun(s)She/ItTimelineBorn:Earlier than 13 BNWeapon(s)SeedsThorn SpitterVine LasherNight-Blooming ZychidsPersonal statusStatusAlivePlace of originGardens of Zyr,Shuriman JungleCurrent residenceShuriman JungleFamilySeedsProfessional statusOccupation(s)PredatorRegion(s)IxtalRelated character(s)IvernNidaleeQiyana

Zyra

• Main
• Current 1
• Current 2
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• Lady made of plants
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Timeline

• Born:Earlier than 13 BN
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• Seeds
• Thorn Spitter
• Vine Lasher
• Night-Blooming Zychids
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Place of origin

Current residence

Family

Professional status

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Related character(s)

Born in an ancient, sorcerous catastrophe,Zyrais the wrath of nature given form—an alluring hybrid of plant and human, kindling new life with every step. She views the many mortals ofRuneterraas little more than prey for her seeded progeny, and thinks nothing of slaying them with flurries of deadly spines. Though her true purpose has not been revealed, Zyra wanders the world, indulging her most primal urges to colonize, and strangle all other life from it.



Contents

• 1Background1.1Early Life1.2Contemporary history1.3With the Flowers
• 2Appearance
• 3Personality
• 4Abilities
• 5Relations5.1Humans5.2Spirits
• 6Read More6.1Biography6.2Starring Champion6.3Mentioned Champion6.4Alternate Universes
• 7Trivia
• 8Change log
• 9References
• 10See also
• 1.1Early Life
• 1.2Contemporary history
• 1.3With the Flowers
• 5.1Humans
• 5.2Spirits
• 6.1Biography
• 6.2Starring Champion
• 6.3Mentioned Champion
• 6.4Alternate Universes
Background[]

Early Life[]

Zyra existed thousands of years ago as a collective hive-mind of carnivorous plants that lived together in a place calledGardens of Zyr, somewhere in theShurimanjungle. Sometime during theRune Wars, a party of soldiers accompanied by an ambitious sorceress visited the garden and were attacked by the plants. In an act of fear, the sorceress unleashed a magical attack that ignited the fumes of the swamp, causing a magical explosion that destroyed everything in its path. The gardens remained lifeless for hundreds of years after.

Contemporary history[]

After centuries without life in the gardens, Zyra emerged from the lifeless ground, not fully plant nor fully human. She struggled to understand her new existence and came to be curious of the new world she was able to explore.

Her plants seem to be slowly expanding westward towards theMother of Liferiver system of theShurima Capital.

With the Flowers[]

Zyra's flowers were collected by a flower shop in the market city ofKumangra. The owner watered one of the flowers and placed it in his study. From the flower bloomed a large mass of vines and flowers that covered the entire study and wrapped the shop owner into a cocoon, killing him. After the shop owner's wife found him, Zyra appeared in the study, stopping the wife from destroying the flower and wrapping her in a cocoon, killing her. As the woman died, she saw visions of a world covered in Zyra's plants with nothing else in sight.

Appearance[]

Zyra is a wondrous vision of a creature, resembling a human woman covered with plants, which seem to be parts of her body. Her eyes are very similar to a panther's, with narrow irises that are common to predators.

Personality[]

Zyra is a vicious, predatory creature. In spite of gaining human intelligence, Zyra still has the natural instinct of consuming and devouring of a vicious predator. Her ultimate goal is to envelop the world with her plants, making it beautiful and ridding it of all that isn't her.

Abilities[]

• Unique Physiology:Zyra is a hybrid of human and plant, something the world has never seen before. She was created on a magical accident during the Rune Wars, a disastrous explosion that mixed the natural elemental magics ofIxtal's swamps and the careless spells of an unnamed sorceress.
• Nature Magic:Zyra can create plant life as she sees fit, and is able to createvines,thorn spitter flowers, and other types of plants.Infection:The spores in Zyra's plants can infect humans and grow into full blooming plants, killing them from the inside.Pseudo-Teleportation:Zyra is able to reform wherever herflowershave taken root.
• Infection:The spores in Zyra's plants can infect humans and grow into full blooming plants, killing them from the inside.
• Pseudo-Teleportation:Zyra is able to reform wherever herflowershave taken root.
Relations[]

Humans[]

She thinks of humans as no little more than prey and thinks they show no respect to the environments they live.

Spirits[]

She has expressed animosity towards spirits and thinks they are arrogant.

Read More

Biography



Biography

Rise of the Thorns

ByMarc Collins,Laurie Goulding

Starring:Zyra

Starring Champion



Short Story

With the Flowers

ByMatthew Dunn

“Step into the garden that ever grows…” Zyra whispered through the stems and petals. “Death blossoms, and you don't want to miss the colors, do you?”

Starring:Zyra

Mentioned Champion



Short Story

Milio's Super-Special Adventure Reports

ByElyse Lemoine

Greetings, family! It is I, Milio, with my first official Adventure Report!

Starring:Milio

Mentioned:Malphite,Neeko,Nidalee,Zyra

Alternate Universes



Video

A New Dawn

Day breaks over a landscape consecrated by blood and steel. A battle begins as a new dawn rises.

Starring:Ahri,Darius,Draven,Graves,Jax,Katarina,Leona,Nautilus,Rengar,Zyra



Comic

Punches and Plants: Series 1

ByRisu



Starring:Vi,Zyra

Mentioned:Ahri,Alistar,Annie,Ashe,Blitzcrank,Brand,Braum,Caitlyn,Darius,Diana,Dr. Mundo,Ekko,Evelynn,Ezreal,Gangplank,Garen,Gnar,Gragas,Graves,Heimerdinger,Janna,Jinx,Karma,Katarina,Leona,Lucian,Malzahar,Miss Fortune,Nami,Nasus,Nunu,Quinn,Renekton,Rumble,Ryze,Sejuani,Sivir,Sona,Soraka,Tahm Kench,Taliyah,Taric,Teemo,Tibbers,Trundle,Tryndamere,Twisted Fate,Twitch,Valor,Varus,Vel'Koz,Vladimir,Volibear,Warwick,Willump,Wukong,Zac,Ziggs



Comic

Punches and Plants: Series 2

ByRisu



Starring:Vi,Zyra

Mentioned:Aatrox,Ahri,Alistar,Amumu,Annie,Aurelion Sol,Azir,Bard,Blitzcrank,Caitlyn,Cho'Gath,Diana,Draven,Ekko,Ezreal,Fizz,Galio,Gnar,Graves,Heimerdinger,Jayce,Kha'Zix,Kog'Maw,Leona,Lucian,Lux,Malphite,Maokai,Miss Fortune,Nasus,Nautilus,Nidalee,Olaf,Orianna,Poppy,Quinn,Rakan,Renekton,Riven,Rumble,Shaco,Taric,Teemo,Tibbers,Tristana,Trundle,Udyr,Valor,Vel'Koz,Viktor,Volibear,Warwick,Wukong,Xayah,Xin Zhao,Yasuo,Ziggs



Comic

Academy Adventures: Series 1

ByGutter Rat



Starring:Ahri,Darius,Ekko,Vladimir

Mentioned:Akali,Amumu,Anivia,Azir,Bard,Blitzcrank,Braum,Cho'Gath,Elise,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Fiora,Gnar,Heimerdinger,Ivern,Jhin,Jinx,Karthus,Kog'Maw,Lulu,Lux,Malzahar,Miss Fortune,Nidalee,Olaf,Poppy,Rek'Sai,Renekton,Rumble,Ryze,Shaco,Shen,Sion,Sona,Soraka,Talon,Taric,Teemo,Tristana,Trundle,Twitch,Urgot,Varus,Veigar,Vel'Koz,Vi,Yorick,Zed,Ziggs,Zyra



Comic

Academy Adventures: Series 2

ByGutter Rat



Starring:Ahri,Darius,Ekko,Vladimir

Mentioned:Amumu,Anivia,Annie,Ashe,Aurelion Sol,Braum,Caitlyn,Cho'Gath,Dr. Mundo,Draven,Elise,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Fizz,Galio,Gnar,Heimerdinger,Janna,Jhin,Jinx,Kog'Maw,Lulu,Lux,Malphite,Malzahar,Miss Fortune,Nami,Nasus,Olaf,Poppy,Rakan,Rammus,Rek'Sai,Riven,Rumble,Ryze,Shaco,Singed,Sona,Soraka,Syndra,Taliyah,Talon,Taric,Teemo,Thresh,Tibbers,Tristana,Twitch,Urgot,Varus,Veigar,Volibear,Warwick,Wukong,Xayah,Yasuo,Yorick,Zac,Zed,Ziggs,Zyra



Comic

Academy Adventures: Series 3

ByGutter Rat



Starring:Ahri,Darius,Ekko,Vladimir

Mentioned:Akali,Amumu,Bard,Blitzcrank,Draven,Elise,Evelynn,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Fiora,Fizz,Galio,Gnar,Jayce,Jhin,Kayn,Kog'Maw,LeBlanc,Lulu,Lux,Malzahar,Nasus,Nunu,Poppy,Rakan,Rammus,Rek'Sai,Renekton,Rhaast,Rumble,Ryze,Shaco,Singed,Sivir,Sona,Taliyah,Talon,Teemo,Tristana,Trundle,Twitch,Varus,Veigar,Warwick,Xayah,Zed,Ziggs,Zoe,Zyra



Comic

Olaf vs Everything: Series 2

ByTom Barton



Starring:Olaf

Mentioned:Ahri,Aurelion Sol,Brand,Cassiopeia,Cho'Gath,Darius,Dr. Mundo,Ekko,Gnar,Illaoi,Karthus,Kog'Maw,Lee Sin,Nagakabouros,Ornn,Renekton,Skarner,Teemo,Tryndamere,Urgot,Vel'Koz,Vi,Viktor,Vladimir,Warwick,Zyra

Trivia[]

Zyra, Rise of the Thorns

• Zyra came to be during a magical catastrophe made by an exploring party from a long-forgotten kingdom during theRune Wars. She doesn't quite understand the world and has yet to demonstrate if she is more rational than instinctive.
Original Zyra

• Zyra wants to explore the world she glimpsed when consuming the sorceress, as well as to adapt to her new form, the fragility of which makes basic survival all the more important.[1]
• Zyra (the predatory plant who relishes her new form) looks down onMaokai(the guardian nature spirit who laments his own) and yet they might be the only ones able to show each other the merits of their newfound bodies.[2]
• Zyra might show some interest inAhriconsidering the commonality in their acquisition of a humanoid form, but otherwise the Fox is merely a many-tailed snack.[3]
Change log[]

References[]

See also[]

Passive ability — Name: Garden of Thorns, Description: Innate: Periodically, Zyra spawns one or two Seeds nearby that last for 30 seconds, granting sight over the surrounding area for 1 second. After 1 second, enemy champions can destroy Seeds by stepping on them. Zyra can only have a total of 8 Seeds planted at a time, preserving Seeds spawned by Rampant Growth over Seeds spawned by Garden of Thorns ., STATIC COOLDOWN: STATICCOOLDOWN:13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 (based on level), {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputPassive', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'Zyratries to plantSeedsin brush and not on top of walls.', 'Zyratries not to plantSeedstoo close together and at different angles.', 'Zyradoes not plant anySeedsif she is concealed within a brush (unless there is an enemy ward in it, in which case it takes her a little longer to plant theSeed) or when there is no room for additional ones.', "Zyradoes not plant anySeedsif she is within1400 units of the coordinate points (400, 400) or (14000, 14000), which are roughly at the center of the fountains onSummoner's Rift.These same coordinates may not hold as fountain positions on other maps (e.g. on theArenamap, the Magma Chamber area overlaps with the second exclusion radius) and may prompt the implementation of this behaviour to be changed in the future.(bug)", 'These same coordinates may not hold as fountain positions on other maps (e.g. on theArenamap, the Magma Chamber area overlaps with the second exclusion radius) and may prompt the implementation of this behaviour to be changed in the future.(bug)', 'Zyratries to plantSeedsclose to an enemy near her.', 'PENDING FOR TEST::Zyratries to plantSeedsunder enemy structures only if she is in basic attack range of them.', 'PENDING FOR TEST::Zyratries to plantSeedson the other side of the wall she is facing and/or standing right next to.', 'PENDING FOR TEST::Zyratries to plantSeedsin the direction she is facing and/or moving.', 'Zyratries to plantSeedsnear jungle path entrances.', 'PENDING FOR TEST::Zyratries to plantSeedsbehind herself when she is walking through the river and there are no jungle path entrances near her.', 'Zyratries to plantSeedsbetween herself and the enemy champion she has vision of (or is heading towards her) in a 45º angle to the left or to the right depending on where on lane she is standing.', 'Zyratries to plantSeedsagainst the inner walls of epic monster pits (Dragon,Rift Herald,Baron Nashor)', "Zyrahas a hidden passive that grants her 10% increasedsizefor33 secondsafter havingLeona'sSunlightapplied to her."]}

Q ability — Name: Deadly Spines, Description: Active: Zyra sprouts thorny spines at the target location that appear after a 0. 625 -seconds delay, dealing magic damage to enemies hit. Magic Damage: 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 (+ 65% AP) If Deadly Spine hits a Seed , it sprouts into a Thorn Spitter that remains for 8 seconds., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputLocation', 'damage_type': 'Magic', 'spell_shield': 'Blocked', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'EachThorn Spitterwill generate 2 stacks ofConquerorand 1 stack of each ofPhase RushandElectrocute.']}

W ability — Name: Rampant Growth, Description: Active: Zyra plants a Seed at the target location that remains for 60 seconds and grants sight over the surrounding area, though decreasing in radius after 1 second. After 1. 5 seconds, enemy champions can destroy the Seed by stepping on it, which reveals them for 2 seconds. Zyra periodically stocks a Seed charge, up to a maximum of 2. Killing an enemy generates 20% charge toward a Seed , increased to 100% for large enemies and whenever scoring an enemy champion takedown ., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputLocation', 'spell_shield': 'Not Blocked', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'Upon first rank up,Rampant Growthgains 2 charges.', 'Seedsareuntargetable.']}

E ability — Name: Grasping Roots, Description: Active: Zyra shoots a surge of vines in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit and roots them for a duration. Magic Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 60% AP) Root Duration: 1 / 1. 25 / 1. 5 / 1. 75 / 2 If Grasping Roots hits a Seed , it sprouts into a Vine Lasher , which remains on the battlefield for 8 seconds., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputDirection', 'damage_type': 'Magic', 'spell_shield': 'Blocked', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.', 'Zyrawill be locked out of actions for 0.15seconds after castingGrasping Roots.', 'EachVine Lasherwill generate 2 stacks ofConquerorand 1 stack of each ofPhase RushandElectrocute.']}

R ability — Name: Stranglethorns, Description: Active: Zyra summons a monstrous thicket at the target location that deals magic damage to enemies hit as it expands. Magic Damage: 180 / 265 / 350 (+ 70% AP) After 2 seconds, the thicket snaps upward to knock up enemies within for 1 second. Plants hit by the thicket become enraged, restoring 50% of their current health , increasing their maximum health by 50% , gaining 25% increased size and refreshing their duration while the thicket expands. Additionally they attack in a flurry, launching two shots per attack, dealing 「 150% damage per flurry. 」 「 75% damage per shot. 」 Stranglethorns will cast at max range if cast beyond that., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputLocation', 'damage_type': 'Magic', 'spell_shield': 'Blocked', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'Plantsgrown during the 2 seconds prior to the displacement will also be enraged.', 'Plantsalready grown beforeStranglethornsis cast will have their duration refreshed if they are inside the area of effect.', "Stranglethorns'buff onPlantslasts 10 seconds, however thePlantsnormally die naturally after 8 seconds."]}

Trivia:
Zyra isvoicedbyKaren Strassman.[2]Cassiopeia,FioraandShyvanaare also voiced by the same voice actress.
She re-explores the plant-growing theme of thecancelledchampionGavid(his treant theme was re-explored withMaokai).
Bradford 'CertainlyT' Wenbanhinted at Zyra havingthree hidden passives,later revealed to be:If Zyra kills eitherKarthusorSion(or if one of them kills her) the killer receives 2 extra gold (referencesPlants vs. Zombies)Maokaigets +1 movement speed if Zyra is on his team.Sunlightmakes Zyra grow in size for a short time.
Zyra's dance referencesCha-cha-cha.
Zyra is the fourth champion to have a dedicatedRecall/Teleportanimation.
Rise of the Thorns(Zyra's first Innate) andStranglethornshave a cyan hue in her 'Champion Spotlight'.
Rampant Growthmight be referencingthe eponymous cardfromMagic: The Gathering.
Enemies hit byGrasping Rootsare applied the 'Rooted, literally' cosmetic debuff for the duration.
Deadly Spines'tooltip describing Thorn spitters as 'shooting little friendliness pellets' referencesUndertale.
During development she was calledIzara,Xara,XyraorAzalea, like the flower.[3]