How to win the jungle race as Viego against Zac · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Viego's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Zac.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Viego Dominant | The Blade of the Ruined King passive sustains you through attrition trades. Later in the game this bites, because a fog-charged Elastic Slingshot knock-up opens a gank-grade engage onto you. But before either of you has a second camp down none of it is online, so take the level-1 crossing and tax every camp Zac concedes. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Viego Dominant | Spectral Maw's stun threat forces them to trade into your W or back off, while Elastic Slingshot is for ganks. Only one of those wins on the second camp, so press it: take the level-2 skirmish, then leave with the second buff and the tempo that comes with it. |
| Level 3 Route | Viego Dominant | The stun-into-Q-reset pattern is a strong duel and stronger off any takedown. Blob sustain keeps their clear healthy, but champion trades are losers, and as the first scuttle timer lands that is not an answer. Take the level-3 river fight and make Zac path away from the camps you want. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Viego Dominant — Keep Fighting | You are the stronger side all through 4-5. Zac knows it — he charges Elastic Slingshot from fog through 4-5 and is more dangerous off your screen than on it — so shadow that side of the map and make them fight you anyway. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Heartbreaker Favoured | The Heartbreaker execute into a possession reset snowballs one kill into two. Zac's six is not empty — the fog Slingshot into Let's Bounce! keeps your whole side airborne. Take the duel from even health rather than from behind, and ward his charge walls — a grounded Zac is just a sad puddle. |
| First Item Spike | Kraken Slayer Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage and sustained fighting multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Zac's first item is a durability spike, so he does not start killing you — he starts surviving whatever you send. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Viego Favoured at Full Build | You are the better full-build side, narrowly. He is a fog engage with two health bars, so the first kill is only temporary, so take the duel with cooldowns up and never mid-rotation. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Red Buff camp utilizing your Q passive double-strike to maximize early clear speed. Zac clears steadily with blob sustain and Unstable Matter, and he never has to recall for health before six.
Ranked by the race windows in Viego's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Viego vs Zac report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Viego's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows — Viego holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Viego's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows, so Zac is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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