Who to play with Zyra — best team synergies

The flaw in Stranglethorns (R) is the two-second delay everyone uses to walk out of the zone, and Unstoppable Force (R) takes those two seconds away from them. He is also a real frontline, which your plants only pretend to be.

Brittle from Bellows Breath (W) adds 30% to the crowd control that follows, and yours is Grasping Roots (E): a longer root means your plants keep firing at the same target for longer. Call of the Forge God (R) piles up the rest.

Stand United (R) reaches your lane from anywhere on the map and shields you, and no champion has fewer defences than you. Shadow Dash (E) taunts the diver, and on a taunted target Grasping Roots (E) simply cannot miss.

All Out (R) rips the enemy carry away from her team and roots her far from anyone who could help: your plants and Deadly Spines (Q) grind her down on their own. Footwork (E) dashes to you and shares his shield, the only one you get.

Worth it when he stops pushing a side lane and plays with the team, which is rare: Mega Adhesive (W) holds the group inside the Stranglethorns (R) delay, and Fling (E) hauls away the diver who would otherwise just kill you.

Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) stuns the whole group for 1.5 seconds, so the two-second Stranglethorns (R) delay stops being the flaw it is, and Cursed Touch (P) adds true damage to every magic hit, your plants included.

Cataclysm (R) throws a wall around whoever is inside: they cannot scatter and cannot leave before Stranglethorns (R) goes off. It is the same arena where Deadly Spines (Q) and your plants never miss a hit.

Frenzying Taunt (E) nails a target in place while your plants shoot someone who cannot even turn around, and with Rampant Growth (W) up that taunt is worth double. Soaring Slam (R) leaves a slow zone to drop Deadly Spines (Q) into.

Crescent Guard (R) knocks back everyone but his marked target: it is the anti-dive answer your kit does not have, because Grasping Roots (E) has to be cast first and the one who jumps you always arrives after.

The order matters, otherwise you are the one waking them up: Lilting Lullaby (R) puts damaged enemies to sleep, and on a sleeping group Stranglethorns (R) is undodgeable. Get the sequence wrong and you have wasted two ultimates.

Hero's Entrance (R) arrives from across the map, knocks up everyone around you and shields you, which is the best answer there is to the dive that deletes you, while the Shield of Durand (W) taunt holds them inside Stranglethorns (R).

Command: Shockwave (R) gathers them all into a single spot, the pile where Stranglethorns (R) goes off before anyone has time to leave, and Command: Protect (E) shields you, which is more protection than your own kit ever offers.

Vision of Empire (W) deals 50% more damage to anything already locked down, and you root from range with Grasping Roots (E): you arm his big hit every rotation, and Nevermove (E) drags back inside whoever tries to walk out of your garden.

The Stranglethorns (R) knock-up is the window Last Breath (R) waits for all game, and you open it on several targets at once. In exchange Wind Wall (W) stops the projectiles aimed at you, and you own no defences at all.

Event Horizon (E) is a cage: anyone trying to leave while Stranglethorns (R) ripens eats the stun and stays put. The catch is that he sits under 46% win rate on the CN server, so you are taking the cage, not the champion.

Deadly Flourish (W) roots anyone an ally has just damaged, and between Deadly Spines (Q) and plants firing on their own you keep it armed the whole game. On a rooted target the Stranglethorns (R) delay stops mattering.

Bullet Time (R) is a channel that needs enemies grouped and still: Grasping Roots (E) and the Stranglethorns (R) knock-up hand them over twice in a row, and Make It Rain (E) slows anyone trying to leave your zone.

Frost Shot (P) slows on every hit, and everything you throw is dodged by walking: Deadly Spines (Q), the root and the Stranglethorns (R) delay all turn into problems that can no longer be solved on foot.

Caustic Spittle (Q) shreds magic resist, which amplifies everything you do and everything your plants do, and in exchange Grasping Roots (E) is the peel a marksman with no dash needs just to stay alive.

Chain of Corruption (R) roots a group and chains outward to whoever stands close: two ultimates asking for the same thing, and his holds the pile still for exactly the two seconds Stranglethorns (R) has to wait.