2013-10-23, 03:47 AM
noeul Wrote:Even though I'm level 8 I decided to buy some RP to get back to having some fun with Caitlyn and Zyra.[COLOR="#cc8899"]
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Zyra is very powerful if you can learn to use her well. She works very well at least through gold/plat in mid and support in just about any matchup (her major weakness is to Assassins like Kassadin, Talon, Zed, Fizz, etc) but only when they're able to jump on her. In most cases mid you can put her in a bad lane matchup and still come out even+ as long as you can farm safely (most people pre-Gold at least, prob pre-Plat, won't know how to freeze lanes to either zone you out or force you to overextend). Her range is pretty significant and her plants give you a nice buffer, allowing you to farm pretty easily even when behind.
As a support she can function decently offensively or defensively (maxing E first allows you to defend your carry while retreating through snares/slows, maxing Q first gives you incredible harass potential). She doesn't hold as well vs a sustain lane (Sona/Soraka in particular, Taric/Alistar to a much lesser degree) if you're trying to use her offensively, but against anyone else she can singlehandedly zone out the enemy ADC and Support if you have the right setup for her. She does incredible damage with or without items, and just a little bit of magic pen goes a long way for her.
As a support, the typical build goes something like (Ruby) Sightstone, boots (mobility or mpen, situational depending on how much your team is moving around the map), Morellonomicon/Liandry's Torment (M'nomicon gives you better utility/sustain, especially if you don't build a Philosopher's Stone (I don't), Liandry's Torment gives you a LOT more damage (her plants continuously re-proc the damage-over-time effect). The important thing is to understand WHY you build those items, though, and why Zyra is an exception, not the rule (don't build damage or AP mid items on every support ever just because it works on her).[/COLOR]