is zac better in the jungle or top?

Mody bird·Sep 19, 2015·2 votes·1,223 views

he has a better winrate in top but idk

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HaIlMonitorSep 19, 20151 votes

His top game is pretty good in lower elo. He has sustain and is hard to kill. + try to tower dive a zac with his passive up lol.

Hard4HamstersSep 19, 20151 votes

He will always have better "carrying" potential in top lane as he has access to his major damage sources early. ie. you max Q and W in lane. Jungle Zac is all about maxing E first for potent ganking from huge distances, this lowers his damage potential come mid game and he will be mostly about initiating fights and relying on the rest of his team to provide the damage. In top lane he is safe and can outsustain a lot of matchups due to a no mana kit and built in sustain with his passive. He can get his major damage early and not feel like a wet noodle come teamfighting time.

Due to this he has a better winrate in top lane. For this, I would say he is better in top lane for solo queue, but he would be more powerful in organized play as a jungler due to his ability to gank. Right now, he is kinda bad due to a bug with his E, unless they have patched that since Thursday. I dunno. Stonewall008 made a video stating that Riot should decide whether he should be a toplaner or a jungler and focus on buffing one of those playstyles specifically so he can really be strong. It looks like they have been focusing on his jungling power mostly, but if it doesn't work and they buff him in other ways, his top lane pressence might simply be more powerful.

That's how I see it. He's okay, but I don't play him as I feel he really lacks damage when compared to other tanks. And he doesn't provide a lot of CC when his Ult isn't up, so he is really just outclassed.

Mody birdSep 19, 20151 votes

i just played a game as zac top with 21/9 and only Rylai's Crystal Scepter( 1 damage item) and the rest tank, my e q w combo on their adc does 3/4 hp. and with Rylai's Crystal Scepter he has tons of slows for your team

Hard4HamstersSep 19, 20151 votes

Yeah, going one or two damage items on Zac isn't a bad idea as he has some pretty good AP scaling in his E and ultimate, W also is kinda good 2%HP per 100AP is meh but okay. I don't love Rylai's on him anymore but it is still good I guess, the inability to 'stack" slows now means that the only ability that will use the slow is his W which is good due to it being very spammable, but the rest of his abilities provide slows or knockups already that would last the duration of the Rylai's slow but the stats it gives are still very good for him. I guess I would opt for Liandry's over Rylai's in most situations as a damage item, but you do you man.

That would definitely help for the damage department though. I understand he has slows, but that doesn't really lockdown a target like Nautilus, Maokai, or Sion does. I feel like Zac is an excellent initiator, but he definitely needs follow up CC from his team if his team is to lockdown targets.

FatalitýSep 19, 20151 votes

I've seen Zac top once and I was against him (I can't remember who I was though) anyways we didn't really trade many kills because I was playing some tank I know that. I think he is better in the jungle though because he has high CC for ganks and there are better top lane picks. LIke Darius Fiora Gangplank Garen etc.