Talk:Zyra/@comment-14869167-20130809064425/@comment-8506165-20130809185620

Few tips for each - as a midlaner, you can farm incredibly easily with your plants without really taking any risk, meaning that Zyra can hang back in the lane and farm from afar. Makes her difficult to gank and to stop her farming the enemy laner really has to engage on you, which is when you can hit them with your snare, spawn one or two plants and ult for what usually guarantees a kill or a return to base. Meanwhile, against most opponents, you shouldn't really die that much, if at all, because of the ease with which you can harass and farm from range. Rylai's and Liandry's are fairly core on my midlane Zyra because plants apply both, they synergise with each other, and Rylai's makes escaping the ult knockup harder.

As a support - max your snare first and be aggressive with it. Spawning plants costs no mana beyond the cost of the spell you're casting anyway and it's free harass on the enemy laners, so if you're snaring them or harassing with Q, you may as well put down a couple of seeds to zone the enemy out of cs. Your seeds also give vision of a small area and you can cast them from a further range than wards, so use them to check brushes. Don't rely on them as wards though - they don't grant enough vision and don't last long even if the enemy doesn't step on them. You're also one of the few supports with a built-in excuse to build Banner of Command - not necessarily an item you want every game, but worth considering.

For both roles - putting seeds down and then casting your spell is an incredibly obvious giveaway that you're about to aim one there, and all of Zyra's spells can be dodged. Cast the spell -first-, then put down your seeds while the spell is casting and your plants will still spawn. Your ult is vicious AoE CC, but anyone who reacts quickly enough will walk out of it before the knockup happens, so try and land your snare on as many enemies as possible before ulting. Always try and exploit its increase in plant attack speed as well.

Hope this helps~