Zz'rot Portal best utilized on who and how?

Burnt Light·Apr 25, 2015·2 votes·1,112 views

Aside from Garen

12 Comments

SirsirApr 25, 20152 votes

Heimer apparently does really well with it. Not a Heim player so I can't personally testify tho.

Shen would enjoy it, he is THE splitpushing tank after all.

Any big Tank that has Teleport. Sion for example. I mean PURE tank with virtually no need for an offense item.

Leti the YetiApr 25, 20152 votes

Heimerdinger item 3060 item 3512

Nick ValentineApr 26, 20151 votes

It's literally the little zone of death for melee

LegendaryLemurApr 25, 20152 votes

The stats it gives are really nice on Soraka , as its the only item that gives armor, MR, and health regen without that pesky flat health that soraka must avoid like the plague.

iluvalarApr 26, 20151 votes

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The stats it gives are really nice on , as its the only item that gives armor, MR, and health regen without that pesky flat health that soraka must avoid like the plague.

NO !! was true until they nerfed her base hp5. Now it's pointless. Would be better off to make the adc build beads with the same gold..

item 3512 is good by itself if you already have health and you just want a bit of armor and a bit or mr.

Because of his high HP5, Heimerdinger use it very effectively. Most tanks would likely like it. Good resistance, good mobility.

LegendaryLemurApr 26, 20151 votes

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NO !! was true until they nerfed her base hp5. Now it's pointless. Would be better off to make the adc build beads with the same gold..

Feel free to disagree, but even if the health regen isn't that great it's still useful (say you get poked down enough that you are scared to try to land a q, you have a little more re-engage potential), and beyond item 3174 / item 3222 and item 3001 (which is of questionable utility since you are usually not up close to the enemy team unless you are trying to land E) there's no way to build MR without health. Sure item 3065 is not a bad buy, but i think zz'rot is worthy of consideration at least against a magic damage-heavy team.

The movement speed from the Point Runner passive is nice to land q's/e's while sieging/defending and the active brings decent utility. Not an item i'd buy on her every game, and maybe its more useful in more situations on a Heimerdinger or a Singed , but personally i don't dismiss it altogether on Soraka just cuz of the hp5.

iluvalarApr 29, 20151 votes

I'll correct my copy. Prior to the nerf of HP5, the raptor cloak was the best item raka could build. I made games where i had 2 zz'rot portal on raka. Hell, I even tried 6.

Now, it's not the case anymore. However, it's true that her self heals somewhat scale well with armor and mr. It's just not as good. I want a totally new path when they nerfed (way too much) the hp5.

freeformlineApr 27, 20151 votes

I approve this message. I like to build it as a last item on Soraka if I need mixed resistances and think the team can benefit from the extra pushing power. I can only think of one or two times I've actually finished it, and then it's usually too late for me to actually benefit from it. I would build it in the mid-game if my team was trying to push down a hard siege and I can't properly heal off of my starcalls (point runner to return from backs, mixed resistance against poke, a little regen for obvious reasons), but that's not something I see happen much.

ZarxisApr 25, 20151 votes

I like putting it on Cho'Gath, myself. It can work on any champion that likes to stack resistances (ex: Taric, Malphite, Galio). It's effective enough on its own (as long as you supplement it with health so you end up with a huge amount of effective health), but its ability to push towers really shows if you take advantage of the way it does more damage as you stack Armor and Magic Resistance.

I sometimes use a Zilean off-build that stacks the Magic Resistance and Armor of Athene's Unholy Grail, Banner of Command, and Zhonya's Hourglass with Zz'Rot Portal (because of the tower damage ratio on every fourth minion). It's a somewhat overly-beefy build for Zilean, but being able to assault both side lanes simultaneously without sending anyone from your team there is a fun and effective strategy. Imagine splitpushing, but never getting caught and never failing to help your team during teamfights— Zz'Rot Portal and Banner of Command let you do that.

Banner is better if you don't want to risk going into the enemy jungle to plant a portal in range of inner and inhibitor towers and for when you don't really want to stack resistances for making your Voidspawn hit harder. Think of it as more offensive in terms of stats and build requirements, but it's less useful for zero-champion splitpushing. Banner minions are cool and all, but they aren't going to take towers on their own. Voidspawn can actually kill towers on their own (without minion assistance) if their health doesn't start decaying before they reach the tower.

Zz'rot Portal itself almost demands a special build to really work well. You need health to go with its resistances, and you'll want to stack more resistances to strengthen every fourth Voidspawn. It's not exclusively a tank item, but it definitely encourages bruisery/tanky builds. The movement speed passive is valuable in its own right— you can plant a Void Gate close to where you expect a fight in order to gain MS for dodging skillshots and chasing/escaping, though your Voidspawn might never reach a tower from where you plant the Gate.

Mirage SeraphApr 26, 20151 votes

I enjoy it with Singed. The Point Runner passive alone is great for when you're proxy farming, and using the active (in certain situations) forces the enemy laner to deal with it instead of you or risk losing a lot of turret health.

I also simply build it whenever I'm playing any tank in general, really. Point Runner is strong, the active is stupid strong, and 60 Armor/MR in one item is nothing to sneeze at.