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 increase the damage done with Corrosive Saliva at Level 16.

Infest Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Zagara's Infest Build makes you more powerful when split-pushing but weaker while fighting against enemy Heroes. Due to being vulnerable to ganks as usual, you should not choose this Build when the enemy team has Heroes good for that (for example Zeratul).

Infest at Level 1 empowers nearby Minions, so that you can take down enemy Structures with ease, unless the enemy team can quickly clear your Minions. Mutalisk at Level 16 is good for taking down to enemy Structures as well as for dealing with Mercenaries.

ARAM Build

ARAM

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13 ?

Level 16

Level 20

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Zagara's ARAM 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 increase the damage done with Corrosive Saliva at Level 16.

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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's push power is more valuable on larger Maps (such as Sky Temple) because the enemy team will not always have time to respond, giving her more time to damage enemy Structures in the side lanes, alone or with allied Heroes.

Creep Tumor can provide vision on specific areas of the battlefield (for example the turn-in location on Tomb of the Spider Queen), giving your whole team a strategic advantage if the enemy team does not quickly clear it.

Due to her lack of mobility and survivability tools, Zagara does poorly on Maps where the laning phase and most team fights tend to happen too far from allied Structures (notably Hanamura Temple).

• 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 Ranged Assassin to pressure the enemy frontline with Summons in the early game and deal heavy damage to them in the late game. When needed, she can also hold a lane, however, she is extremely weak to ganks.

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.