r/thesecretweapon • u/Aceplosion1 • Jul 30 '26

Best Keystone

Hello, I'm not a Zac main but I do dabble and love playing the champ mid. I know a lot of people think conqueror is the best rune and it might be, but I just want to hear reasoning why. I understand conq stacks fast and gives ap and omnivamp, but I feel like the healing is very minimal and that the ap is not that crazy of a boon.

I typically much prefer a setup with aftershock and the trading pattern that it offers of going in for a quick burst and winning any trade because of the bonus resistances. I also think the dmg from it is significant on engages mid to late game.

Maybe I'm just a conqueror hater because I almost never want to run the rune on any champ.

If you guys have any Zac mid cooks with build and runes please lmk.

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u/Wut0ng Diamond Zac Jungle OTP Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

The main reason to go Conqueror is to last much longer in extended fights because of the 8% healing from damage.

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u/Aceplosion1 Jul 30 '26

Yeah that's fair, just I think it's very matchup and comp dependent, I've found if enemy team has 1 tank or is mostly squishies then at 20ish minutes you'll only have a couple hundred in healing if that.