Zyra is essentially Heimerdinger, except better. Heimerdinger already sat in a small niche before, but with everyone's favorite feminine, fatal flower entering the fray it's not clear what, if any, purpose Heimerdinger serves.
The fundamental cause of Heimerdinger's impending obsolescence is simple: Zyra does in one skill point what Heimerdinger does in two abilities (including his ultimate). Zyra's W provides seeds and CDR, and the strength of her plants is independent of its rank. Heimerdinger must invest five skill points into his turrets for them to be formidable, and his ultimate depends upon them. At a basic level Heimerdinger can't both have strong turrets and strong rockets/grenades, while Zyra can have it all and an ultimate that isn't dependent upon her plants to be powerful.
However, it's clear Riot knows their bespectacled yordle is in trouble, because recently a potential rework of the champion leaked from the private test realm. What form the rework will eventually take isn't certain, but it's good to know Riot recognizes clear cases of one champion forcing another into the shadows.
For now Heimerdinger will move further into obscurity, but eventually he may return. Not to his former glory (hopefully, the days of Heimerdinger sieging turrets are not days I would be fond to relive), but at least to a competitive level.
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