Zac nerf 6.21
So Zac was a top 10 jg, but not nearly a top 5 so why was he nerfed with the .75sec notice of where he will land? Makes no sense to me.
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Its not exactly a nerf
Because rather than address what makes him powerful they attack a point of "clarity" to see if this will knock down his strength. Essentially what happened is that no champion with a dash will ever get hit by Zac again. Also, Zac's engage in teamfights is now Aatrox levels easy to stop since you know exactly where he will land. So Poppy counters him even harder if that were possible, Thresh wrecks him, Zyra stops him, Anivia wall embarasses him, Vi stops him, Braum ult stops him, Veigar will make him as worthless as poppy, and the list goes on and on.
I do think he will still be strong as his power was relatively untouched. His peel is still godlike against divers for your carries. This may be ok with assassins coming back in the meta in pre-season. But I see him being used for peel and counterengage now as his engage was seriously nerfed hard. They did ensure he will never see professional play again.
It is a pretty massive nerf considering the only thing that changed about Zac was that Reksai and Gragas were nerfed. It means that in Diamond, Zac can never again try to dive the backline. Zac is now entirely a peeling champion... If he wasn't interruptable, I could understand this change, but it just seems like Riot is over reacting to a temporary increase in popularity on Zac. As it is, I get interrupted by Trundle pillars, alistar headbutts and pulverizes, and Thresh flays on a daily basis at my ELO. If the enemy team has a Janna or Poppy, I have to rush Banshee's Veil just to stand a chance. At least Cho'gath can't have his rupture interrupted... I doubt I will be able to play Zac in Diamond after this change, as my main playstyle on him was dive the backline and kill the squishies, but then again, his ban rate is so high I hardly get to anymore anyway.
He and Nunu are currently the top junglers unless you count Amumu then again the mummy has always been in the top but under different circumstances.
Thank fucking god. Sick of Zac "mains" saying that he's literally useless anywhere above gold and that his slingshot is going to be even more "useless" now with this change.
It will barely affect him, I can guarantee it.