Zagara Build Guide “The Swarm hungers.”

Zagara is a Ranged Assassin who relies on Zerg summons to wreak havoc on her opponents. Creep Tumor is a strong ability, providing not only buffs to several of her attributes, including attack range and movement speed, but also supplying precious vision throughout the Battleground. Zagara is capable of tearing down enemy defenses from afar and, when left alone for even a small duration, will turn the strongest enemy fortifications into nothing more than heaps of rubble.

Strengths

• Excellent long range, sustain damage
• Great waveclear
• Strong sieging power
• Creep Tumor provides a massive amount of vision throughout the entire battlefield
• Able to solo Mercenary Camps with ease

Weaknesses

• Quite vulnerable to crowd control
• Zero mobility, except on Creep
• Mana hungry
• Low burst damage
• Her only form of hard crowd control is Devouring Maw

Infested Drop Build

Recommended

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13 ?

Level 16

Level 20

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Zagara's Infested Drop Build allows you to deal a solid amount of damage in team fights, especially in the late game against Heroes who have high maximum Health.

In particular, Corpse Feeders at Level 1 and Bile Drop at Level 7 boost the already good damage output of Corrosive Saliva at Level 16.

Nydus Network Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13 ?

Level 16

Level 20

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Zagara's Nydus Network Build primarily improves your damage to enemy Structures, to quickly take them down when safe to do so. Split-pushing works best on large 3-lane Maps, when the enemy team does not have scary Heroes capable of suddenly ganking you.

The fact that Nydus Network turns Zagara into a global puts a lot of pressure on the enemy team as they will have to constantly check if you are going to siege or team fight. Coordinate with the rest of your team to avoid being outnumbered.

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Zagara synergizes with

Due to her lack of mobility, Zagara is best when paired with one or two Tanks who can provide her a strong frontline. Those with reliable crowd-control can also set up devastating combos with Zagara's Devouring Maw.

Zagara is countered by

Zagara is counterd in lane by high mobility Assassins like Illidan, who can outsustain her and stick to her even while on Creep. Furthermore, global range Heroes like Falstad or Dehaka can drastically limit her efficiency while split-pushing.

Zagara's stronger maps

Zagara's average maps

Zagara's weaker maps

Zagara is particularly good on larger Maps with multiple Objective locations (such as Sky Temple), when she can take advantage of distracted enemy Heroes to split-push uncontested, sometimes even with the help of Nydus Network.

Maps that are smaller (such as Tomb of the Spider Queen) make it much more difficult for Zagara to split-push. In those situations, Zagara can still be a great lane bully in the early game and a powerful damage dealer in the late game, thanks to Talents.

• Baneling Barrage should be used primarily for waveclear to conserve valuable mana.
• When using Baneling Barrage on Minion Waves, try using it from a 90 degree angle. Aim at the Wizard Minion to maximize splash damage.
• Use Hunter Killer to zone enemies from team fights or lane.
• Always use Infested Drop when it is available to deal damage safely and provide vision. Infested Drop can also be used to tank Mercenary Camps and interrupt channeling of objectives (like Tributes on Cursed Hollow).
• Do not try to force Devouring Maw and instead wait for enemies to come into range.
• Place Nydus Worms provided by Nydus Network in spots clear of heavy foot-traffic to prevent them from being immediately destroyed.
• Always use all available Creep Tumors. Place them inside bushes and at other out-of-the-way locations to prevent the enemy from accidentally destroying them with AoE abilities.

Zagara is currently played as solo laner to dominate the early game against most enemy Heroes unless ganked.

When fighting on a widespread area of Creep Tumor, Zagara is a powerful duelist and bully thanks to the Attack Range and Movement Speed provided combined with the relentless single-target damage of Hunter Killer. She is easily able to kite enemies in pursuit of her as well as chase those down who may have regretfully overstepped their boundary.

The vision that Creep Tumor provides is extremely powerful to play around enemy ganks, the best way to counter her when she goes in the enemy part of the battlefield to get value from her pushing power.