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Should I keep playing Zac after his rework?

NNS Survivor·5/2/2017, 5:22:07 AM·1 votes·617 views

I've been a jg since S7 and used to main Varus before that, then I mained shaco but after his constant nerfs and buffs I quit him, went 2 months trying to find a champ I like till someone reccomended me Zac. I've been playing Zac for a month now, I have 40k mastery points on him and M6 and a 75% wr in Ranked with him. I love this champ so much but I'm very scared about the rework, can anyone tell me if this new ult is going to be a good or a bad thing? I know his Q is gonna be fucking op so i'll make sure to use that while its OP but the only thing I am scared about is his ult. I haven't decided whether to main Zac or not till I test out his rework, I don't have a PBE account so I can't really test it out till it comes out offically, anyone wanna give me some words of assurance? or tell me the ups and downs so I don't feel so scared of the new rework. I've climbed from B4 to B2 (Im on promos to b1) and I feel like i'm very good with him for a bronzie, I really don't want that to end x_x

7 Comments

flyingbaklava5/2/2017, 4:09:03 PM4 votes

As a Zac main, the changes to his ultimate may make him unplayable at high ELO's. Zac's biggest struggle in Diamond and above is consistency. It is too easy to interrupt/dodge Elastics slingshot. If you manage to actually land a strong elastic slingshot, the current ultimate means you will cause chaos and deal decent damage too. You were actually rewarded for landing a strong slingshot. The updated ultimate will remove that reward and damage mechanism almost entirely. If you don't charge the ultimate, you get one sad bounce. If you channel it, it will end up being a ready check on enemy flashes and mobility. If you are lucky, you will catch one person, maybe two. In the vast majority of teamfighting situations, the new ultimate will be worse.

The worse part about the change so far is just how much damage riot is removing from Zac's kit. Right now, you can build Zac as a tank, a squishy burst mage, or a hybrid. After the change, Zac will only be viable as a tank.

Big Lincoln5/2/2017, 5:33:11 AM1 votes

his new ult is a mixed bag

on one hand, an AoE skarner ult that also makes you CC immune is really good. on the other hand, he's really boring to play now

so if you want a good champ, wait and see how he turns out. if you want to have fun, sorry for your loss