Rise of the Thorns
Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site
| Rank tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Ban Rate | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ranks | 50.9% | 4.5%#15 | 35.3% | S |
| Diamond+ | 50.0% | 4.9%#13 | 33.4% | S |
| Master+ | 49.6% | 4.7%#15 | 29.9% | S |
| Challenger | 46.8% | 3.4%#22 | 12.3% | A |
| Rift Apex | 47.2% | 3.6%#22 | 10.3% | A |
| Rank tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Ban Rate | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ranks | 52.5% | 2.6%#26 | 35.3% | A |
| Diamond+ | 51.4% | 3.0%#24 | 33.4% | A |
| Master+ | 51.2% | 3.0%#23 | 29.9% | A |
| Challenger | 49.1% | 2.5%#29 | 12.3% | C |
| Rift Apex | 50.8% | 2.2%#31 | 10.3% | C |
The tier list shows Master+ figures by default.
Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-10-07. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.
Burn-focused mid build with Ignite
When playing mid and the enemy team has few high-burst champions
The items are the same as build 2; Ignite simply takes the place of Barrier. Ignite burns an enemy champion for true damage, applies Grievous Wounds, and reveals the target. Blackfire Torch and Liandry's Torment also burn enemies for 3 seconds when your abilities deal damage. For each enemy champion or monster affected by Blackfire Torch's burn, you gain 4% AP. Liandry's Torment burns for 2% of the target's max HP per second, so enemies with more health lose more.
Burn-focused mid build with Barrier
When playing mid and enemy burst is likely to take you down first
The items are the same as build 1; only the Ignite slot is swapped for Barrier. Barrier grants a shield for 2.5 seconds that absorbs 120-560 damage depending on your level. Popularity is 1,140 and the win rate is 55.57%, both below build 1's 3,801 and 55.69%. Bloodletter's Curse lowers a champion's MR by 7.5% for 6 seconds when you deal magic damage to them with abilities or passives. It stacks up to 30%, so magic damage gets through more easily against enemies who build Magic Resistance.
Support build stacking Magic Penetration with Cryptbloom
When playing support and enemies start building Magic Resistance
Cryptbloom adds +30% Magic Penetration, bringing build 3's totals to +38% and +18. That is more than build 4's +8% and +18, so magic damage still gets through against enemies who build Magic Resistance. When a champion you damaged within 3s dies, a nova spreads from their corpse. The nova restores (100 + 20% AP) HP to allies, with a 60s cooldown. Cryptbloom also adds +20 Ability Haste, for a total of +35 against build 4's +25.
Support build that cuts shields with Oceanid's Trident
When playing support against an enemy team with shield-granting champions
When you deal ability damage to an enemy champion, Oceanid's Trident reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. The reduction scales with AP and caps at 45% for area-of-effect abilities and 60% for single-target abilities. When you damage an enemy unaffected by Lethal Weapon, the shields already on them are cut by the same amount. Oceanid's Trident also adds +200 Max Health, raising the total to +1150 against build 3's +950. Magic Penetration, however, stays at +8% and +18.
The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.
Prioritize Skill 1, your main poke tool, to maximize your harass in lane.
Plant-based poke and zoning are strong from the start. Time your skills for when the enemy steps up for CS, grow plants there, and take control of the lane.
Waiting in a bush and hitting a passing enemy with the root into a full combo is a strong play. Keep up vision control and hold the area to maintain pressure.
Your damage matches a mage's, but Zyra herself is very fragile. Keep deploying plants from behind your team, and answer diving tanks and assassins with the root and the Ult knock-up.
Ideally, fight in narrow jungle spaces. Cast Ult so it covers the whole enemy team. The wide knock-up and the damage from enraged plants can swing the fight at once.
Zyra's Skill 2 (Rampant Growth) enrages and strengthens the plants around her. With no plants out, the cast does nothing and you only lose the cooldown. The correct order is to grow plants with Skill 1 or Skill 3 first, then cast Skill 2 to empower them. That sequence brings out the plants' damage and lets you land burst reliably together with the Lv5 Ult.
Bloom the plants with Skill 1 on the root from Skill 3, empower them with Skill 2, then layer Ult on top.
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 | LVL 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 8 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| Base Damage | 60 | 115 | 170 | 225 |
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 | LVL 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
| HP | 35% | 40% | 45% | 50% |
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 | LVL 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Damage | 60 | 100 | 140 | 180 |
| Root Duration | 1 | 1.25 | 1.5 | 1.75 |
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 80 | 70 | 60 |
| Base Damage | 150 | 225 | 300 |
A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.
Critical damage is 200% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.
Our take
The AP ratio drops five points, but plants now carry Zyra's own MR penetration. Building Void Amethyst or Void Staff does more for plant damage than simply stacking AP does. It also fixes the case where plants barely scratched an MR-heavy tank or support, so seeding the ground before a teamfight keeps its value deep into the late game.
