"Predecessor" - Zarus Trivia Quiz

Answer: Offlane

The Offlane is host to a bevy of warriors, tanks, bruisers and even assassins at times. The common takeaway from all of them is that they tend to be very capable in close quarters combat, and Zarus is certainly not an exception to that rule. As a gladiator, Zarus is unsurprisingly adept in extended conflicts up close.

Zarus has the survivability and damage output to make his second recommended role, Jungle, out to be a straightforward choice as well.

Answer: Mobility

With a Mobility of 6 and his other three stats receiving 5s, Zarus is truly a 'jack of all trades' type. Zarus can take an extended fight against another individual or in a team fight competently, both able to take hits well and dish them back in response.

Answer: Attack Power

Each hit Zarus dishes out to anything that is not a minion will briefly give a small boost to his Attack Power, enhancing any manner of damage Zarus can do.

After the fight, stacks will eventually begin to fade. As each individual stack disappears, Zarus will receive a small amount of healing.

Answer: Less cooldown

When throwing the Spear of Nyr, it receives a psuedo-Execute mechanic and will deal more damage to a target with less health. In return, it will double the cooldown of this Ability.

Thrusting the spear would, of course, tend to be the thing to do if fighting an enemy in melee range. Doing this will result in a very, very small cooldown and allow for repeated use. Throwing the spear for its psuedo-Execute damage, even in close quarters, could still make situational sense.

Answer: Stun

This is a fantastic tool to close the gap with, especially against enemies with ranged options like Midlaners or Carry characters. Zarus can greatly reduce the damage they deal to him as he gets close, then he can Stun them with this before proceeding to beat on them.

Answer: He can dash upward

Other dashes such as Kira's Shadow Glide or Shinbi's Rushing Beat can only go at a neutral height or downward. Zarus can use Evade to go upward, which can enable him to get over structures and other walls in the Jungle. Additionally, after using Evade, Zarus gains a brief burst of movement and attack speed.

Answer: Blink

Even if Zarus is immediately killed, the Coliseum will remain for its usual duration and contain any enemies within it. It cannot be destroyed nor walked through. Only a Blink will allow an enemy to phase through and leave the Coliseum.

If Zarus at least records an assist while his Coliseum is active, he will gain a permanent boost to his Physical Power.

That said, characters with the means to fly or jump high like Wukong or Rampage can leave the Coliseum immediately to deny Zarus the chance at this permanent boost. Because of this, the Zarus player must take care to use Coliseum on foes with less mobility, as to not waste it.

Zarus and his allies may freely go in and out of the Coliseum, moving through the walls as if they are not even there. However, if Zarus himself leaves the Coliseum, it immediately ends the effect.

Funnily enough, if Zarus spawns his Coliseum and then a Revenant uses Reckoning to pull someone into the Nether Realm, Revenant and his Nether-ee can uniquely completely ignore the Coliseum. As such, an enemy Revenant can counter Zarus' Ultimate entirely by Reckoning Zarus, which would essentially make the Coliseum useless. However, if Zarus records a kill or assist while this is ongoing, he would still gain the permanent boost if he didn't step out of the Coliseum. Because Revenant generally can't defeat Zarus in a one on one, and because Reckoning would prevent allies from protecting Revenant from Zarus, extreme care must be taken before trying to do this.

Answer: Reduced cooldown

Ordinarily, the cooldown is doubled when choosing to throw instead of thrust with the Spear of Nyr. Through this Augment, the cooldown will now only be 30% greater instead of 100%

Given that a thrown spear is more powerful and, obviously has greater range than a thrust spear, this benefit can be quite impactful.

Answer: Cooldown removal

Evade's cooldown will be completely removed should Zarus land a kill or assist on a target.

This would have the best application during team fights, where Zarus could use Evade to more readily help allies as well as to, you know, evade enemy hits since there will be multiple enemy players in the vicinity.

Answer: Max Health and Physical Power

Clearly, if the gameplan for the player and their team involves ending the match as fast as possible, this Augment would do no good. On the flip side, Zarus players whose playstyle entails them playing patiently and defensively can gain quite a bit of benefit from this.

This Augment does not have a cap or any sort of restriction, and it stacks with everything in the entire game. As such, it needs only to see use in a lengthy or at least average length match to be effective.