u/Fujiduck

ENGAGE.

That is absolutely clear to me, every time I picked Zyra Jungle I prayed my support would cc and pin down enemies. It honestly felt almost 50% better when they picked Engage rather than an Enchanter on average.

How do you guys feel about this? Engage or Enchanter?

While Enchanters just take over around my elo in higher elos (around Dia+ I would say) unless it is a completely broken Enchanter like Milio, I would trade for an engage any time of the day. I just need that guaranteed pin down to hit my E and therefore my full combo.

I need this especially to hit these assassins you have almost no counterplay against like Katarina or Akali or to invade the enemy jungle when you are ahead, since Zyra oftentimes cannot do that since she is so weak in 1v1s. While good cc Toplaners like Sion or Maokai can theoretically also provide that, they just never leave their island except for teamfights.

My most favored Supports are: Nautilus, Rakan, Thresh, Pantheon. These mentioned can often immediately respond to assassins where every split second matters. More importantly, they can single out enemies before teamfights with a hook and force the enemy to engage- which is exactly Zyras strength.

So I want the Supports to "engage" (more meant as in initiating) the teamfight, but force the ENEMY to --engage--. While I would still want to trade most Enchanters for an Engage Support that forces me to engage (e.g. Maokai, or Sejuani who expect follow-up), these are clearly a notch below.