Support Zac Build
Support Zac build with runes and items. Support Zac guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support 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.]()
![Zac ability Unstable Matter should be leveled second.]()
![Zac ability Stretching Strikes should be leveled third.]()
E
W
Q
Final items![Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.]()
![Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.]()
![Bandlepipes should be final item in your build.]()
![Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.]()
![Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.]()
![Sunfire Aegis 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.]()
Support 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
Heal
Good option if you want extra healing and sustain for your team. Provides movement speed burst and can be used in clutch situations.
Exhaust
Defensive option. Exhaust for more peel and protection against enemy divers and assassins.
Ignite
Offensive option and fun button to press. Reduces your going-in potential, but adds some damage and Grievious Wounds for enemy healing. Good to score some kills early.
How it works
- As Zac playing a Support, your main goal is to soak up damage while protecting your carries.
- You offer excellent crowd control and peel, making it harder for the enemy team to reach your backline.
- Adapt your playstyle depending on your team's needs: either engage and start fights, or sit back and peel for your carries.
- Make sure to counter enemy team. Itemize defensively based on the main damage type of the enemy team.
Playstyle
Identify your role: engage, peel, or frontline.
Soak damage and protect your carries. Use CC and utility to control fights.
Adapt items to counter the enemy team.
How to play
Support Zac
- You can peel for your carries very good with Stretching Strikes (Q), Elastic Slingshot (E) and Let's Bounce! (R)!
- You can also reliably initiate for your team, thanks to Elastic Slingshot (E) and Cell Division (Passive).
- Identify your role within the team (engage, peel, frontline)
Adaptation
- If your team needs engage, go Trailblazer and Shurelya's Battlesong.
- Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption AND/OR Locket of the Iron Solari next.
- If your team needs peel, go Knight's Vow and Locket of the Iron Solari.
- Knight's Vow is a surprisingly good item. Buy it and use it if you have carry or bruiser/fighter who is doing well.
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
Buffing your team
- Bandlepipes is a great utility item for engaging and buffing your auto attackers when you CC enemies.
Runes
- Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.
Tips and Tricks
Riot
- Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
- When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
- Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
Skill Order
- Stretching Strikes
![Zac [object Object] ability.]()
Q
- Unstable Matter
![Zac [object Object] ability.]()
W
- Elastic Slingshot
![Zac [object Object] ability.]()
E
- Let's Bounce!
![Zac [object Object] ability.]()
R
![Zac [object Object] ability.](/static/ce7b5dce796e728ccdffaa2a5caa752a/be59d/zac-aram-r-lets-bounce.webp)
Items
Starting items![Guardian's Horn item.]()
![Ruby Crystal item.]()
Boots![Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.]()
![Mercury's Treads item.]()
![Plated Steelcaps item.]()
For peel![Knight's Vow item.]()
![Locket of the Iron Solari item.]()
For engage![Shurelya's Battlesong item.]()
![Trailblazer item.]()
Good tank items![Warmog's Armor item.]()
![Bandlepipes item.]()
![Jak'Sho, The Protean item.]()
![Protoplasm Harness item.]()
Good MR items![Hollow Radiance item.]()
![Force of Nature item.]()
![Abyssal Mask item.]()
![Kaenic Rookern item.]()
![Spirit Visage item.]()
Good Armor items![Sunfire Aegis item.]()
![Unending Despair item.]()
![Thornmail item.]()
![Iceborn Gauntlet item.]()
![Dead Man's Plate item.]()
![Randuin's Omen item.]()
Situational items![Titanic Hydra item.]()
![Wit's End item.]()
![Liandry's Torment item.]()
For the last fight![Additional considerations for these items is advised!]()
![Elixir of Iron item.]()
![Elixir of Sorcery item.]()
Example final build![Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.]()
![Knight's Vow item.]()
![Bandlepipes item.]()
![Warmog's Armor item.]()
![Kaenic Rookern item.]()
![Sunfire Aegis item.]()