Any Tips On Playing Zac?
I've recently bought Zac and tried jungling and died multiple times. I did wayyy better in lane but he's made for the jungle. Any tips on how to use this gloop?
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You've got to be adaptable.
Depends. If you're having trouble right off the bat, it's probably your masteries/runes. I can't say what to do about that, because I don't typically play Zac, and runes aren't my specialty (I typically build more tanky in my mastery page)... but if you aren't already, try using Ranger's Trailblazer. It helps clearing immensely. I'd also start Q if you aren't, taking W second. The % of max health does help, but I find that Q is better so long as you can hit all the creep in the camp with it.
Last time I played him, I usually started E (or W I think? his little aoe not the jump) then you just pick up your blobs and hit shit, then I think I went Q and started maxing the jump for ganks. He seemed to have really good sustain but I know they nerfed him since. This was kind of near when he came out lol. It's been a while. I would just go cinderhulk then start building some things like Warmogs or Spirit Visage and start doing work.
It might help to specify what's making you die: are you having trouble clearing the jungle? Are you getting counterjungled? Do you die when ganking?
If you're having trouble clearing, remember that you drain your current health and heal based on your maximum health with your passive: to make the most of it, pop all of your abilities at once, pick up your blobs (and pick all of them up; they're really important in helping your clear), and keep on doing that. Your W is going to be your bread-and-butter tool, and it both allows you to ignore unit collision on monsters (so you can pick your blobs up more easily), and has its cooldown reduced when you pick blobs up, so open up with it and use your other skills to build up blobs and then absorb them.
If you're getting counterjungled, be sure to call your team for help: your allies can use 
on your blobs, so you can easily turn an invade on its head, but if you're alone, be aware that your healing is massive even early on. Just remember to keep picking up your blobs while constantly damaging your opponent, and you'll end up outsustaining them. If they have a lot of burst, though, or if you just don't feel it, put a point in E at level 2 and use its huge range to jump over a wall.
If you're dying when ganking, be careful to not go too ham when your passive's on cooldown. Generally, you'll be tanky enough to do whatever you like past a certain point, but early on you might not want to tower dive. Your main asset is also your crowd control, and not your damage, so if you miss your knockup or your slow, you may not want to stay in your target's lane for too long.
Thank you guys so much for all of these tips, right now i'm going to play a practice game and try my best with Zac. THANKS SO MUCH!!!