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How to Win Garen vs Zac Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Zac

How to Beat Zac as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zac as Garen

based on 2,850 Garen vs Zac matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Garen did battle with Zac 2850 times. Using so many games with Garen versus Zac gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare useful data and a supported build to suppress your opposition. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Garen is forced to battle against Zac in only 2.1% of his games.

Garen vs Zac Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a awful job of beating Zac. On average, he wins a lowly 46.5% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Garen versus Zac games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Zac.

Best Garen vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateForce of Nature

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSterak's GageMortal ReminderJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
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Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zac as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Zac

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

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.

Garen vs Zac Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
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5.8
< Kills >
4.6
5.2
< Deaths >
4.6
4.1
< Assists >
10.8
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.05
181
< Minions Killed >
61
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.06
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.44
15,070
< Physical Damage >
1,452
217
< Magic Damage >
14,578
5,382
< True Damage >
1,087
20,669
< Damage Dealt >
17,119
31,682
< Damage Taken >
40,166
12,147
< Gold Earned >
10,733
2.77
< Towers >
1.55
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
3,210
< Total Healing >
42,947
15,138
< Experience >
13,174
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Counter Zac with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Garen vs. Zac counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..

Garen typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Zac

Who is Better, Garen or Zac?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter for Zac.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Garen into Zac.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Garen is a terribly counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Zac.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Zac Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zac as Garen, we analyzed 2,850 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zac as Garen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Garen Build Zac Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Garen to counter Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually picks up more CS as Zac. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Garen versus Zac build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Zac than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Zac with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Zac as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Garen vs Zac face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% win rate overall.

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