User blog comment:TheNewBuildGuy/Possibilities-- Jungle Zyra/@comment-5266525-20130227111309

The fact that Zyra can jungle semi-competently is fairly well-known already (Morello even had an impression she could jungle before she was even released on the PBE), so you're pretty much just stating the obvious. Still, couple of incorrect or debatable points:


 * Zyra's plants, according to her Ability Details page, do not proc full spell vamp. If they don't, there is practically no reason to go spell vamp as all of her abilities proc the reduced effect.


 * You cannot guarantee you will always get blue buff beyond your first one. If your mid laner is a very mana-intensive champion like Swain or Anivia, chances are you won't be getting it (at least, if you're a team player you won't).


 * Jungle monsters have no MR, therefore to increase your clearing speed you need to grab Sorc Shoes...? Explain please.


 * Rylai's is garbage on Zyra. She already has three forms of CC including her ultimate and all of her basic abilties have reduced effect. To top that off, it is very expensive for a jungler to get.

From what I can tell of the comments, you also ninja-edited out something related towards stealing farm from the top laner. This is something you just flat-out don't do as a jungler (some people might say that it's okay if the laner is obviously incompetent but I find that it's too easy to make excuses out of this).

Personally, I find Zyra jungle gimmicky. She's absurdly reliant on blue buff, slow and weak to counterjungling (if not being outright killed in her own jungle by a prospecting enemy jungler). She does have excellent ganks despite what CptCthulu would have you believe, but by that point you should just ask yourself, "Why didn't I take a jungler who can do that and not be so damn vulnerable?"