Zyra ARAM Mayhem Build

Rise of the Thorns. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #72 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MageSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.0%
Pick rate: 4.7%
Rank: #72 of 173
Games: 1,087,903
Patch: 26.21

How to play Zyra in ARAM Mayhem

Zyra is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #72 of 173 champions, with a 50.0% win rate over 1,087,903 games.

92% of Zyra's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. With 63 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown. It dies only 9.3 times per game on average, fewer than most.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 49.1% win rate over 815,494 games. On this build 43% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Zyra are Infinite Recursion, Homeguard and Giant Slayer. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Master of Duality and Nightstalking when you can: they do worst on Zyra. A pair to look for: Recursion with Totentanz.

Take Flash and Ghost (61% of players). Max Q (Deadly Spines) first, then E, then W. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Zyra ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Zyra game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

49.1% win rate · 87% of Zyra games · 815,494 games

Start

Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Blackfire Torch
Liandry's Torment
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Zyra, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	43%
Gluttonous Greaves	16%
Sorcerer's Shoes	32%

Situational, after the core

Cryptbloom4% buy it
Shadowflame31% buy it
Archangel's Staff6% buy it
Void Staff23% buy it
Rylai's Crystal Scepter27% buy it
Bloodletter's Curse6% buy it

Most bought items

Liandry's Torment89% of games
Blackfire Torch84% of games
Rylai's Crystal Scepter74% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes35% of games
Shadowflame32% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap28% of games
Morellonomicon24% of games
Bloodletter's Curse13% of games
Malignance12% of games
Gluttonous Greaves11% of games

Best augments for Zyra

Every card with enough Zyra games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Zyra's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Zyra

8 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Zyra in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Erosion	Silver	Tier S	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier S	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
From Downtown	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Snipe 15 enemy champions with abilities. Snipe - Damage enemies over 600 distance away. REWARD: A meteor flies at enemy champions you…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Infernal Conduit	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities apply an infinitely stacking Burn, dealing (2–20 (by level) +1.2% Ability Power +2.8% Bonus Attack Damage) magic damage per…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Minionmancer	Gold	Tier A	Your summons gain 40% increased size, health, and damage.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Magic Missile	Gold	Tier A	Dealing Ability damage fires 3 missiles at each enemy hit, each dealing up to 1% max Health true damage based on distance traveled.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Ok Boomerang	Gold	Tier A	Autocast a boomerang at a nearby enemy every 7 seconds, dealing (40–200 (by level) +30% Bonus Attack Damage+20% Ability Power) adaptive…
Rejuvenation	Gold	Tier A	Heal amount equal to (30–100 (by level) +5% Bonus Health+15% Ability Power +25% Bonus Attack Damage), scale up to 50% more for longer…
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Hextech Soul	Silver	Tier A	Periodically your next damaging Ability or Attack triggers a lightning blast, chaining through enemies to deal damage and Slow.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Archmage	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting a spell refunds another random spell's cost by 30% of the original spell's Cooldown.
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Purist - Caster	Silver	Tier A	Conversion Rate: 0.65 Ability Haste per 1% Attack Speed
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…

Average on Zyra
37 cards, best first

Below average on Zyra
26 cards, best first

Weakest on Zyra
9 cards, best first

Best first augment for Zyra

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Zyra's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Infinite Recursion, Homeguard and Shrink Engine come out on top.

The best augments for Zyra in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Infinite RecursionTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	HomeguardTier S
2	HomeguardTier S	HomeguardTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	With HasteTier S
3	Shrink EngineTier S	Bread And JamTier S	ErosionTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
4	Giant SlayerTier S	ErosionTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	ErosionTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Infinite RecursionTier S	HomeguardTier S	Omni SoulTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Zyra, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost61% of players · 50.5% win rate
Flash + Heal2% of players · 50.2% win rate
Flash + Ignite1% of players · 50.7% win rate

Skill order

QDeadly Spines
EGrasping Roots
WRampant Growth

Max Q first. 60% of players use this order (49.9% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (19% of players) wins 51.5%.

Zyra in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 7.1 / 9.3 / 30.1
KDA: 4.77
Damage to champions: 35,601
Damage taken: 26,925
Self-mitigated: 12,398
Healing on allies: 31
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 63 s
Kill participation: 66%
Game length: 17:19

Damage type

Physical 3%Magic 92%True 5%

Questions and answers

What is the best Zyra build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Zyra: Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Zyra in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Zyra, best first: Infinite Recursion, Homeguard, Giant Slayer, Mad Scientist and Erosion. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Zyra good in ARAM Mayhem?

Zyra is tier B on patch 26.21, #72 of 173 champions, with a 50.0% win rate over 1.1 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Zyra in ARAM Mayhem?

For Zyra's first pick on patch 26.21: Infinite Recursion, Homeguard, Shrink Engine, Giant Slayer and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Mages in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Zyra counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.