Zac Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

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Zac

Basic Information

Zac – The Secret Weapon
Class	Tank	Role	Jungle/Support/Vanguard
Secondary Bar	N/A	IP / RP	6300 / 975

Champion Stats

	Lv1	Per Lv	Lv18
Health	615	+95	–
Health Regen	8	+0.5	–
Mana	–	–	–
Mana Regen	–	–	–
Attack Damage	60	+3.375	–
Armor	24	+3.5	–
Attack Speed	0.638	+1.6%	0.638
Magic Resist	32.1	+1.25	–
Movement Speed	340	–	340
Melee	175	–	175

Lore

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Zac is the product of a Zaun experiment to manufacture a hexchem-engineered supersoldier – the Zaun Amorphous Combatant. Combining brute strength with limitless flexibility, he is a versatile juggernaut: a creative fighter who bounces over obstacles and pounds his foes into submission. Though he was created inside a weapons laboratory, Zac was rescued and adopted by two loving parents who raised him to be a kind and friendly child. As the years passed, he grew up to be a fierce hero, sworn to protect the ordinary, everyday people of Zaun.

Long ago, two Zaun scientists developed an organic substance that could withstand extreme conditions, spontaneously alter its biological structure, and generate tremendous amounts of kinetic force. As the scientists, husband and wife, watched the prototype grow from a spoon-sized droplet to a small blob, they noticed that their creation would respond to their presence. It sprung forward when they called and bounced when they sang. The couple began to see more than an experiment; they saw a small child, filled with affection and joy.

After testing the prototype one evening, the scientists placed the blob back in its cage. It slouched and shuddered in the corner, inconsolably sad. At that moment, the couple realized that their beloved creation wished for a free life outside the lab. They were struck by their conscience and could not allow the prototype to be used as a weapon. The husband and wife fled with the young blob, replacing its weapon designation – Zaun Amorphous Combatant – with a proper name: Zac. In a quiet neighborhood far from the cities of Zaun, the scientists raised Zac as their own child.

Zac was always different from the other children. None had his powers of strength and flexibility, so the couple taught him to tell right from wrong and to use his gifts responsibly. Thanks to the care and affection of his loving parents, Zac lived a peaceful, happy childhood.

That childhood ended when the Zaun laboratory finally found Zac. Unable to replicate the formula used to create the amorphous prototype, the laboratory’s staff never stopped searching for the scientists and their experiment. When they tracked down the family, they threatened to tear it apart. The staff abducted Zac’s parents and demanded that the couple assist in his capture and return. Seized by the fear of losing his freedom and his parents, Zac unleashed every ounce of his raw energy and mass for the very first time. He subdued his parents’ captors, sent the laboratory’s workers fleeing, and brought his loved ones home. From then on, Zac vowed to defend all ordinary lives threatened by extraordinary treachery and wickedness. Originally built to destroy, he now protects the innocent and the helpless.

(Source: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en)

Skills

Icon	Description
	Cell Division (Static Cooldown: 300)INNATE: Each time he hits an enemy with an ability, he sheds a chunk of himself that can be reabsorbed to restore Health. Upon taking fatal damage, Zac splits into 4 bloblets that attempt to recombine. If any bloblets remain, he will revive with an amount of Health depending on the Health of the surviving bloblets. Each bloblet has a percentage of Zac’s maximum Health, Armor and Magic Resistance. This ability has a 5 minute cooldown.
	Stretching Strikes (Target Range: 800, Cost: 4% Current Health, Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8, Magic Damage: 30/40/50/60/70 [+30% AP] [+2.5% of Zac’s maximum health])ACTIVE: Zac extends his arms, slowing and dealing damage to nearby enemies. Smacks enemies, dealing 70/110/150/190/230 (+50% Ability Power) Magic Damage and slowing them by 20/25/30/35/40% for 2 seconds.
	Unstable Matter (Target Range: 350, Cost: 4% Current Health, Cooldown: 5, Magic Damage: 30/45/60/75/90 [+4/5/6/7/8% [+2% per 100 AP] of target’s maximum health])ACTIVE: Zac’s body explodes outward, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies (capped against minions and monsters) and becoming ghosted for 5 seconds against monsters hit.
	Elastic Slingshot (Target Range: 1200/1350/1500/1650/1800, Effect Radius: 150, Cost: 4% Current Health, Cooldown: 24/21/18/15/12, Maximum Range Channel Duration: 0.9/1/1.1/1.2/1.3, Magic Damage: 60/110/160/210/260 [+70% AP])ACTIVE: Charges up and launches towards a target area, knocking up enemies.Zac faces the cursor and charges up over 0.9/1/1.1/1.2/1.3 seconds. Reactivating the ability launches him towards his target, dealing 80/130/180/230/280 (+70% Ability Power) Magic Damage to all enemies hit and knocking them back for 1 second.In addition, he will spawn extra chunks if he hits multiple enemy champions.Can be cancelled by moving, refunding half of the ability’s cooldown and cost.
	Let’s Bounce (Target Range: 700/850/1000, Effect Radius: 300, Cooldown: 130/115/100, Slow: 30/40/50%, Magic Damage: 150/250/350 [+70% AP])ACTIVE: Zac launches into the air, gaining Movement Speed, and slams down three times, each time damaging, slowing and knocking up nearby enemies. He bounces 4 times, knocking up and slowing enemies.Each bounce deals 140/210/280 (+40% Ability Power) Magic Damage to nearby enemies, knocks them up for 1 second, and slows them by 20% for 1 second. Enemies hit more than once take 50% damage and are not knocked up. Upon activation, he removes all slows affecting him and gains an accelerating Movement Speed buff (20-50%) for the duration. Zac can right-click to move and can activate Unstable Matter while in the air.

Strategy

He is extremely proficient when it comes to ganking lanes. Position yourself in unique locations that your (E) Elastic Slingshot can cover to surprise your teammates’ enemy laners.
When you hit an enemy champion with (Q) Stretching Strikes, try to hit the closest enemy minion or champion to your team to pull him back and prevent their escape.
During the jungling phase, remember to hit neutral camps with your skills and pick up the blobs to help you recover some of your health.
(R) Let’s Bounce can be canceled early to provide a quick knock up to enemies close to Zac’s area. Use this to cancel channelling champions.
You can tower-dive low-health enemy champions so long as you have Cellular Division (passive). Coordinate with your teammates to land a successful kill when you do decide to engage.
A “cheat” that can help with Zac’s survival is an ally using their Teleport on one of Zac’s blobs as he’s getting attacked. Any unit being teleported into becomes invulnerable for 2-3 seconds. This is enough time for Zac to become complete again and by then it would be 2 champs versus the number of champions mobbing Zac.
His recent major rework added more team fight presence and gank potential to Zac’s kit compared to his previous one. Use this to your full advantage and try to gank more using your (E) Elastic Slingshot and (R) Let’s Bounce.

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells

Jungler

Smite	Flash

Item Builds

Jungler

Starter Items

Hunter’s Talisman	Rejuvenation Bead	Warding Totem

Core Items

Stalker’s Blade: Cinderhulk Enchantment	Warmog’s Armor	Spirit Visage

Stalker’s Blade: Cinderhulk Enchantment – A standard item for jungle tanks, the Cinderhulk upgrade for Stalker’s Blade gives him bonus Health, a damaging aura and an active skill that slows down enemy champions. This is useful as Zac thrives when he initiates ganks and is in the thick of the fight.

Warmog’s Armor – This is Zac’s go-to item for tanking. Warmog’s Armor gives tremendous bonus health and coold down reduction, as well as a strong health regeneration when he is out of combat.

Spirit Visage – Another item he needs to tank for his team, Spirit Visage gives magic resistance and bonus health, as well as cool down reduction. It also increases the healing effects its wearer receives.

Full Item Build

Stalker’s Blade: Cinderhulk Enchantment	Ninja Tabi	Hextech Protobelt – 01

Spirit Visage	Warmog’s Armor	Locket of the Iron Solari

Hextech Protobelt-01 – A good option, Hextech Protobelt-01 gives him another initiating skill. It gives bonus health, cool down reduction and Ability Power.

Locket of the Iron Solari – Another item to help your team during clashes, Locket of the Iron Solari bolsters Zac’s armor and magic resistance. It also gives him the ability to shield his team, increasing their chances to live through team fights.

Situational Items

Randuin’s Omen	Thornmail	Banshee’s Veil

Dead Man’s Plate	Abyssal Mask

Randuin’s Omen – Randuin’s Omen has good bonus health and armor stats. It also has an ability that slows enemies around its wearer. Get this item if the enemy team consists of mostly physical auto attackers.

Thornmail – Another item to deal with physical attackers, Thornmail makes the enemy ADCs think twice of attacking you, since they will get damaged back and hinder their lifesteal, while he can wail on them with his crowd control.

Banshee’s Veil – A somewhat decent defensive item to address crowd control effects, Banshee’s Veil gives Zac a spell shield that blocks one enemy skill. This might come in handy when he tries to initiate a team fight with an opposing team that has a lot of disables and disengages.

Rylai’s Crystal Scepter – Rylai’s Crystal Scepter is a good addition to Zac’s already loaded kit of crowd control goodness. It gives his skills a slow debuff whenever he manages to hit enemies.

Abyssal Mask – If your team’s damage relies on Ability Power, getting Abyssal Mask is a good choice. It gives bonus health and magic resistance, as well as an aura that reduces enemies’ magic resistance.

Playing Against

Ward your surrounding areas – He usually positions himself in unconventional locations when setting up ganks. It is best to ward choke points, brushes and other terrain where you feel Zac might be lurking.
Avoid clumping together if you don’t see Zac – he might be setting up a gank with his (E) Elastic Slingshot.
Typical Zac players stack armor and health items. It is advisable to counter this by buying Armor Penetration items such as Last Whisper, Lord Dominik’s Regards and Mortal Reminder, as well as Health Percentage-damaging items such as Blade of the Ruined King.
He has heavy crowd control, making him a pain during clashes or when he ganks. Try to avoid getting hit by his skills to mitigate his impact.
When he bursts into his four lesser blobs, do your best to kill each one quickly to put him out of commission.

Hard Counters

Vi – Vi is a mobile jungler who can mess up Zac’s jungling phase by stealing his monsters or outright killing him. She can also thwart his (E) Elastic Slingshot charge with a well-timed Vault Breaker.

Renekton – Renekton is a surprisingly tanky champion who also deals good damage during trades. He can take Zac’s initial crowd control skills and comeback to hit him hard with his Slice and Dice + Ruthless Predator + Cull the Meek combo.

Vladimir – Vladimir can dodge most of Zac’s skills thanks to Sanguine Pool, and can dish out heavy sustained Magic Damage to Zac, especially if he doesn’t have any back up.

Fizz – Fizz is an elusive champion who can evade Elastic Slingshot and Let’s Bounce with Playful / Trickster and punish him with his Urchin Strike + Seastone Trident combo.

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