User blog comment:Jadenvalor/Zyra's viability in season 5/@comment-10764129-20150321080035

as an ex-zyra main and fanatic, i would say zyra is really strong and she can work really well, i still hate zyra support, mid is her territory, however she is imobile, there's no denying and assassins like talon and fizz fucks her, but every champion has bad match ups and counters, so if you can avoid those kind of people you will be fine, she is really strong, has a ton of burst and sustain damage, plus if you fall during laning phase, you can still act as an 'secondary' support, providing you team with somewhat decent damage and utility. Im not sure but i think she counters yasuo two, the last two times i played zyra were against yasuo's, and i beat the shit out of both of them, proceding to stomp the game...I think zyra can work, if you know her im sure you will be fine in rankeds and stuff, oh and about ganks, well W for vision, dont push and overextend since you have insane range.