Zyra
Matchup Summary
The Zyra match up is pretty easy, this simply consists of killing or waiting for her flowers to die when she spawns them, as well as looking for fights as soon as your E is up. Zyra will practically insta die if you get into range, allowing Renekton to build full damage or Mercury Treads, to allow him to easily guarantee a one shot or the ability to break out of her root easier. Zyra doesn't really do anything impactful against Renekton, however you should try to avoid standing in her R once she spawns it, as it can be a great utility tool for her and her team to use. Renekton's versatile role vs Zyra allows him to easily snowball and win the game.
Detailed Tips
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Level 1 E Start - Try to cheese PTA proc or Conq with E1 > 3 auto's > disengage with E2.
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Play For Level 2/3 Kill Angle - Once you chunk out Zyra you're most likely able to kill her with your W, Dash or Flash up. Look to shove the wave around your kill timer, so you're able to make Zyra lose a lot more.
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Play For Lane Sustain - Zyra’s damage comes in the form of her plant passive, which works by using her abilities to spawn them in front of her. Zyra’s poke isn’t totally high earlier on, however it amounts up and you should still go D Shield and Second Wind, to avoid her poke and allow you to trade against her at will.
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Abuse Renekton's Early Game - In this match up Renekton is essentially able to do whatever he simply wants. With that said, really hone into your strong early to mid game strengths to help you dominate and win the game. Play to deny your enemy of gold and xp, play to proxy and generally lead any top side skirmishes with your insane lane advantage.
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Play Wave On Your Side - Playing the wave on your side essentially means playing wave states on your side of the map, via abusing wave manipulation tactics or freezing on your side of the map. Simply use this to help you combo on your laner, taking away any space from them being able to trade you back (This also helps prevent the enemy running you down with their extended or sustained movement speed abilities). You can also use this wave state to run down your opponent with your abilities up, helping you obtain kills a lot easier vs stalemate or ranged match ups. Look to do this when your opponents are below 50% HP, or potentially make a mistake to provide you an all in opportunity to run them down.
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Heavy Trades - Being that Renekton carries a lot of high damage, Renekton is able to just jump on his target nearly at will. Whenever your laners present you with the abiltiy to jump on them, simply take the opportunity to burst them as much as you can. If you didn't kill them already from that, use your options of freezing or your tower diving ability to help you finish off your opponent.
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Rush Mercury Treads - Mercury Treads Rush Allow you to soak up Zyra’s damage more effectively, while also allowing you to break through her CC a lot easier. Utilise boots to leverage more quick and heavy trades, while also presenting more movement speed to help you keep on top of her.
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Respect Zyra R - Once Zyra has R, Zyra R can be used as a nuking tool to finish low HP targets, and the ability to nuke squishier champions. Renekton can usually tank up the R with ease from his base stats and R HP, however it is still a strong tool for CC and objective control, so make sure to respect it and E out of her R once she casts it.
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Build Eclipse, Stridebreaker or Profane - Go Eclipse for consistent power through mid game and damage mitigation with the shield. / Go Stridebreaker to cripple Viktor's mobility and provide teammates with additional utility. / Go Profane for full damage focused playstyles.
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Midgame + Teamfight Tips - Zyra’s role is pretty limited in teamfights as her main objective is to catch with her root, then utilise her R to burst her targets then wait up for her follow up combo and plants to deal damage. As long as you avoid the Zyra root, she won’t be able to actively follow up with her damage. Renekton being able to have the wave clear he does, can also one shot Zyra plants with ease and make Zyra a relatively useless target. Make sure to kill her teammates first as they offer more value, then turn on Zyra as soon as she is the last target left.