Zac is a decently versatile jungle champion. He excels at engaging in fights, peeling for carries, and destroying enemy carries. The best way to play Zac is as a tank, but he can also be played with an AP build. In this article, we are gonna go over the highest win rate Zac built, that can be played in any elo successfully.
Best Zac Items
Sunfire Aegis
The best first item for Zac is the Sunfire Aegis. It will equip us with great amounts of HP and armor, as well as a little ability haste. Due to its burn, Sunfire will enable us to clear the jungle much quicker, and its damage will also hurt enemy champions.
Spirit Visage
The next core item for Zac would be Spirit Visage. Since Zac has a lot of healing from his passive blobs, we will want to get this item as soon as possible. Spirit Visage will increase our healing by 25%, which is quite significant. Additionally, the item will also give us an amazing amount of HP and magic resist.
Thornmail
Thornmail stands as another great item for Zac. The item will give us massive amounts of armor, as well as a passive that will damage enemies attacking us, and another passive that reduces enemies healing by 40%. Thornmail is an absolutely massive purchase for Zac, as you will be able to proc it on enemies quite easily.
Randuin’s Omen
Randuin Omen is great for greatly increasing armor and HP, and the item also has a powerful passive that will reduce damage from critical strikes by 20%. It’s absolutely great against crit AD carries, and champs like Yasuo/Yone. Randuin also has an active spell you can cast to slow the enemies in your proximity, and the passive is great for team fighting.
Jak’Sho The Protean
Jak’Sho is a nice item to finish off the build. It will give us decent amounts of flat armor and magic resist. The item will progressively increase our resistances the longer we are in combat. It’s a pretty solid option to have a well rounded defense against both AP and AD champions.
Boots
The best boots for this specific Zac build are either Plated Steel Caps or Mercury Treads. We will take Plated Steelcaps vs AD heavy/auto-attacking comps, and we will take Mercury Treads against CC heavy comps. If you happen to be running an AP heavy Zac build you
Best Runes for Zac
- Aftershock
- Font of Life
- Conditioning
- Revitalize
- Triumph
- Legend: Haste
The best keystone for Zac is the Aftershock, as it will help us get more sustain after engaging with our CC spells. The next rune we will want to take is Font of Life, which will increase our and our allies’ damage after we have impaired an enemy.
The two following runes will be Conditioning and Revitalize. Conditioning will grant us some light armor, while Revitalize will increase our healing by a nice margin. Finally, we will want to take Triumph and Legend: Haste.
Triumph will heal us after a successful takedown, and Legend: Haste will be key in reducing our cooldowns, and enabling us to spam our abilities more frequently.
Final Thoughts
Zac is an incredibly strong pick. His highest win-rate jungle build is a tanky one. With the core items being Sunfire Aegis, Spirits Visage, and Thornmail. The core runes for this build are Aftershock, Font of Life, and Revitalize. All the non-core runes and items can be substituted for something else, but the core should always remain the same.