Ahri vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Ahri
based on 2,454 Ahri vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Zac
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Advice to Win Against Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Ahri vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Ahri in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Ahri vs. Zac counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Ahri often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Zac. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Zac
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Who is Better, Ahri or Zac?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Ahri makes a bad counter to Zac.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ahri into Zac.
Additionally, Ahri has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a garbage counter for Zac. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ahri in order to counter Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri often racks up more CS compared to Zac. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Ahri versus Zac build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Zac than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when countering Zac with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Zac as Ahri, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ahri vs Zac counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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