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Basically Lifesteal/pen/power/cooldown, downside is it takes a bit to build up soo take your time and farm. The kills and everything else will snowball. Stats at Max: Basic ATK-213, PWR-749, ATK Speed- 1.03, LF-57% Pen-12 @ 30%. Swap spear for divine ruin for anti heal.
Sacrificial Shroud
Spear of the Magus
Typhon's Fang
Bancroft's Claw
Staff of Myrddin
Perfected Rod of Tahuti
Update: General order of skill upgrade.
I usually start with 2 and depending on the situation (50% of the time its 1) I'll get 1 or 3 next.
Y
B
A
X
Only use tainted (which will make you slightly more tanky) for anti heal against gods like goobis.
Sacrificial Shroud
Tainted Breastplate
Spear is always a great start but so is typons. You pick, Divine for those pesky healers like yourself.
Spear of the Magus
Divine Ruin
Typhon's Fang
You must respect the claw!! Warlock's staff and soul reaver for some power dump. I honestly feel you'll be losing more early fights with these but, they can work out pretty good.
Bancroft's Claw
Soul Reaver
Warlock's Staff
Soul Gem for the thiccness sickness cooldown and Pythag for extra ticcness. Myrddin for that thicc cool boi power
Pythagorem's Piece
Soul Gem
Staff of Myrddin
Rod and Chronos added just for their power and cooldown. Once Rod is completed you'll be at 634 PWR. Upgrade starter to sacrificial shroud and bam 749 PWR
Perfected Rod of Tahuti
Chronos' Pendant
Beads, Beads, Beads, always get beads unless you want to be Thicc Boi Agro. Blink on some fools of course get aegis or beads afterwards
Purification Beads
Aegis Amulet
Blink Rune
First Guide Here
Here are all the foot notes for every item. Just play to your teams advantage and the enemy's disadvantage.
1) Tainted isn't really required divine ruin does just fine but, it will make you slightly more tanky aka Supp?... (for anti heal against gods like goobis.
2) I feel like enchanted spear is the way to go here but if you want warlock's staff best to start now or the next item
3) Depending on the situation either or is fine, Claw: more power/lifesteal, Warlock's: more power/mana, typhon or Pthag: more health or pen/lifesteal. My go to is the typhon's fang.
4) Multitude of options here, if you want to snowball zhong's power, Bancroft's claw is definitely the way to go here
5) Same situation as your 4th item but, that Myrrdin staff will give you hella power and cooldown.
6) Last is just to bang out some mofos. Perfected Rod of Tahuti is more like as a perfected moon size snowball fixing to crush this ski resort of chads. Get sould gem if you want more cooldown and health. Also upgrade that starter already jeeezzz..
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Please fix your ability leveling to make it appropriate for the game. I am archiving this until it is fixed; feel free to unarchive once you've made the change.
Then you should consider the following:
- Magical lifesteal caps at 65%.
- If the ability deals AOE damage, lifesteal gets reduced effectiveness (33% of the base value).
- All 4 of Zhong's abilities deal AOE damage.
- Your 5 lifesteal items provide a base of 54% lifesteal, with Bancroft at lower health capping you at 65%.
Typhon's Fang can allow you to breach the lifesteal cap, giving you 67.5 - 81.25% lifesteal. But after you apply the reduced efficiency, you're really only looking at 22 - 27% functional lifesteal. That's an awful investment for 5 lifesteal items.
- Anyone building
Brawler's Beat Stick, 
Divine Ruin, 
Cursed Ankh, 
Toxic Blade, etc. will counter your lifesteal pretty hard. Get trapped in an Odin cage or by multiple anti-heal effects and it's completely shut down.
Your best bet in utilizing lifesteal is probably to go w/Note: I am archiving this again. I'm sure you realize you cannot put 7 points into your ultimate. Please fix this before unarchiving.