Zz'rot Portal - Is it viable? Come boogey with me in The Void.

HitYouInTheFace·12/4/2014, 6:18:11 PM·5 votes·95,636 views

Hey :)

So I've been reading about the magical Zz'rot portal item and I was wanting your opinion on who you think it would be good to build on and when/how should it be used. Should a tanky top rush it and pressure their lane with the extra minion? Should a jungler buy it and use it to help out a lane instead of ganking? Should a support buy it?

Come boogey and brainstorm with me. I am confused about this item and that makes me sad.

Love,

~HitYouInTheFace

59 Comments

ValyrianBlade12/4/2014, 6:27:14 PM5 votes

I don't know much about it. That said:

  1. please dear god don't rush it. If you're putting an extra minion in the lane, you're giving your opponent more gold and xp, they're never going to gain a big enough advantage if you put it down early, This sounds like a late game item!

  2. it's probably best used when you need a minion to tank a turret and lanes are pushed opposite you. This could work great on a split pusher with teleport, who can push an objective even without a pushed Lane.

  3. it might be a viable counter to super minions if the minion it spawns is stronger than normal minions. At least to the point that a champion doesn't need to consistently babysit that Lane, only needs to check in every few waves.

junglerboy1612/8/2014, 5:17:06 PM2 votes

I would say that it doesn't seem like a good buy for a junglier or support before late game, because the void minions would steal all the laners/ADCs minions. after mid game is over, I would say those two should certainly get it since it basically is free pressure on one lane (It looks like you could even stall a lane with super minions in it, which could relieve a TON of pressure in a turtling situation). I would say any solo lane looking for a defensive item could take full advantage of it, it gives a nice handful of stats, and some tower pushing power. If I were a tanky top, I would buy this later on after a couple large health items, If I were a damage focus tp laner, I would buy this shortly before the first tower falls and then use it to fast push for the second. I see it as being a good defensive item for a mage as well (If they plan on buying a defensive item that is, mostly I just build a ton of AP and go relatively glass cannon), since it would help them push towers faster. I would probably use this item on champs that don't want to roam too much, since then they leave their portal undefended, and not being a roaming type means you can push your lane especially hard when you roaming opponent leaves lane.

I predict that this will actually put a lot of pressure on roam focussed champs, and may put less mobile champs in a position of dominance. I can also see this as a game winning type of item, you got one inhib, you have super minions, then you also have you voidspawn. Together, that could put so much pressure on a single lane that the opposing team would barely be able to contest Baron, Dragon, or another tower (unless of course they all buy a Zz'rot's Portal themselves to counter it).

NeoScout12/5/2014, 5:50:52 AM2 votes

There is no reason to buy when pushing in super easy right now, towers melt too fast.

Thryale12/4/2014, 8:52:43 PM1 votes

this item is the answer to what you buy when your GA is on cd

7ha7guy77712/4/2014, 6:53:12 PM1 votes

i'm interested in seeing how the item works with Malzahar . i don't think he benefits the most from the stats, but it might put his pushing over the top (especially AD malzahar)

Orisi12/5/2014, 5:57:12 AM1 votes

I think the importance of this item isn't just coming from the mechanic of it, but the fact that this sort of mechanic is even being brought in. It's a great step away from direct player-on-player focused attacks, and more into strategic placement and indirect conflict options that I love to have available.

Kuroi8612/5/2014, 7:00:15 AM1 votes

All of the three seem viable. Though I suspect you'll not want to rush this first as it seems better as a second or third item.

JadeKnightblazer12/4/2014, 7:22:50 PM1 votes

I think I might try it on some junglers as their Armor/MR item (3rd item) to help lanes push while ganking. No longer will I have to be present to tax a lane when I have voidlings to do my bidding.

As for heimerdinger... I think it will be a blast to get as an item.