Zac: I figured him out! He's no longer a jungler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHbHG-NdMM&feature=youtu.be
There's a reason why Zac has fallen from the jungle presence. He just doesn't work as well in there. Yea he does ok, but so does a Teemo or Garen jungle.
No, the real reason why is because his kit now makes him an amazing early game lane bully. His Q, despite looking like shit in writing, is actually a hell of a good harassment tool. You don't have to target the champion first to hit him with a Q. If he's too far away just target a minion and the extra range from his next attack will send them flying into the minion, also allowing for a free W when pulled in. But wait there's more! This just dropped 3 blobs! That's 1 blob of extra health, and 3 blobs of passive W cooldown. You just got another W after picking up all 3. All of this happening while getting an auto attack in there as well. His level 2 presence is probably the strongest in the game right now. Now add his E for level 3, the enemy should be poked down far enough if you land a Q-slam, w, E he's probably going to die.
His ultimate is still left us wanting. It sucks. Not going to lie. Lost 60% of overall damage, slows, and W's inside of its cast. Truthfully I would be saving his ult to knock people away like Poppy's ult. Team fights yea, save it and let loose. But in the lane, hold it to prevent a gank.
Riot was onto something with his Q when they changed it. But they had the wrong role in mind when they did this. Just as Mao turned into a support AP, Zac is now a top lane bully. I hope you enjoy the video! There are 22 time stamps of amazingness.
