How do i ward aginst zac?

SwiftKitten88··1 votes·762 views

at higher Elos this giant blob of flubber has a decent 50% win rate but at lower elos.. even at gold this guy's winrate is crazy high. 53%

and frankly i don't even know what to do vs him. i dont even know WHAT makes him so strong other than the fact that his E just cant be avoided when he jumps at your from fog. the range on his jump so so long that even if i ward BOTH mid bushes he can still jump from behind the wall out of vision.

its not his damage or his tankyness its just that i CAN'T avoided getting ganked by him. that he always gets fed.

the only possible solution i can tank of is to shorten the range of his E until he level it up.

except it already DOES that.. so i really don't know.

does ne1 have any tips on how i can avoid getting ganked, becuase i just cant avoid his gank unless i can SEE him cast the slingshot and there isn't any way i know of that i can place enough wards to cover all the spots he can do it from with the range he has

8 Comments

Timethief491 votes

the lv 1 e os pretty short. he gets pretty low in the frsit clear due to his passive. if he gets counterjungled he can get fucked pretty hard. if you want to ward you need to try to get deepwards into his jungle kinda like vs eve. if you know in which area he is you can avoid them. im a zac main i know what im talking about

l Helios l1 votes

Ward side areas where you know he'll think you haven't warded. Think like the Zac. Odds are high if all you do is ward the side bushes, he'll get by those. Ward side areas of mid and areas where he's going to avoid your simple ward placements.

SwiftKitten881 votes

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Ward side areas where you know he'll think you haven't warded. Think like the Zac. Odds are high if all you do is ward the side bushes, he'll get by those. Ward side areas of mid and areas where he's going to avoid your simple ward placements.

but i really only have 1 pink ward and 1 trinket.. i cant cover all the spots i want.

l Helios l1 votes

A lot of it also has to do with knowing what he's going to do. You shouldn't be the only one warding. Your Jg should be putting wards around unless they have a sweeper. You have to predict what the Zac is thinking and where he's going to be. Deeper wards and river wards help with that. Zac's E is pretty short until level 5 or so.

Leo10241 votes

if you look at this picture this is where you want to ward against a Zac jungler. You will need to have more map awareness but you will be able to see him and run before he bounces on you, though if he makes it to brush undetected it may be too late hence the map awareness. This works well because in the mid lane you can put the ward on one side and stay on that side of the lane to avoid ganks. If you are bot have your support ward the brush and you can ward the area marked to be aware of both roamers and a Zac getting scuttle in the top lane as well as a ward can give you vision of a Zac gank. Of course this will take some getting used to but it is extremely helpful to countering a Zac as he will not get as many good ganks rendering him useless. These ward positions can also be used to counter other junglers but it is only optimal for Zac Hope this helped! Don't forget! Map awareness!

Friendly Ram1 votes

Pink the mid river bushes. Oops leo beat me to it.

zlumpy1 votes

The thing is you actually don't really need to ward crazy vs Zac. His initiate with E telegraphs heavily with a shadow where he will land prior to him doing it and it can be interupted by a huge number of skills while he is in flight.

As long as you maintain a general sense of paranoia when he isn't visible and pay attention to your surroundings while not over extending too much you should be fine.

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