Imperial Mandate Zac Build

Imperial Mandate Zac Build.

Imperial Mandate Zac build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Zac guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Zac build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Zac ability Elastic Slingshot should be leveled first.
E
Zac ability Unstable Matter should be leveled second.
W
Zac ability Stretching Strikes should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Mercury's Treads should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Aftershock from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Zac Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Ghost

Ghost

Ghost for extra mobility and chasing - great for staying on top of enemies and farming more Heartsteel procs.

Exhaust

Exhaust

Defensive option. Exhaust for peeling against enemy divers and assassins and protecting your carries.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option if you are feeling spicy. Grievous Wounds + some damage. Good in early fights and you can score some kills, but reduces your going-in potential. Especially later.

Optional Runes

Grasp of the Undying

Grasp of the Undying

Grasp of the Undying is a solid alternative. You become more tanky over time as your HP grows, you get some sustain and you get some damage as well.

Guardian

Guardian

Guardian is a more passive, support-oriented alternative. Instead of boosting your own tankiness, you protect nearby allies with a shield when they take damage - great if you're playing closer to a support role or prefer a more reactive, less aggressive playstyle. You won't be as tanky as you would be with other runes.

Demolish

Demolish

If you are into taking objectives, you can consider taking Demolish rune. Usually it is worth it and lets you push turrets quicker. Utility slash team oriented option.

Looking for another tank build? Check these:
HeartsteelZacIceborn GauntletZacTankZac

How it works

  1. You play as a slow tank, disrupting fights and soaking damage.
  2. Thanks to slow + Font of Life, you heal allies. You can even get support items.
  3. Core items: Rylai's Crystal Scepter + Imperial Mandate. If you are behind and the game not go perfectly, skip Imperial Mandate and go full tank.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Rush Rylai's Crystal Scepter to apply constant slows with your abilities.

  2. 🐢

    Play as a slow tank, disrupting enemy movements while soaking up damage.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt your items to the game: go offensive with Imperial Mandate or defensive with full MR/Armor.

How to play

Getting started

  1. Your all abilities slow and heal your allies and giving them Imperial Mandate buff.
  2. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).

Items

  1. You can go some support items as well in some cases, like Ardent Censer if you got a lot of auto attackers on your team.

Adapting

  1. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They are heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Runes

  1. Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.

Tips and Tricks

Riot

  1. Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
  2. When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
  3. Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.

Skill Order

  • Zac [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Stretching Strikes
  • Zac [object Object] ability.
    W
    Unstable Matter
  • Zac [object Object] ability.
    E
    Elastic Slingshot
  • Zac [object Object] ability.
    R
    Let's Bounce!

Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush #1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Rush #2
Imperial Mandate item.
Good tanky items
Heartsteel item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Good MR items
Force of Nature item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Randuin's Omen item.
Thornmail item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Unending Despair item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Situational items
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
Situational DMG items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Liandry's Torment item.
Wit's End item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Mercury's Treads item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Thornmail item.
Spirit Visage item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Warmog's Armor item.