Bard vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Bard
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Bard vs Zac Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Zac as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Zac
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Bard in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several valuable Bard against Zac matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Bard normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Zac. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Zac
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Who is Better, Bard or Zac?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zac, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Bard makes an ok counter to Zac.
While Bard does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Zacas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average racks up less CS relative to Zac. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Bard versus Zac build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Zac than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Zac with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Zac as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Bard vs Zac counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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