Gnar vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Gnar
based on 879 Gnar vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Zac
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
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.
Gnar vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Gnar versus Zac matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Gnar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Zac
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Who is Better, Gnar or Zac?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Zac, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a bad counter for Zac.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Zac, when facing one another, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Zacas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a terribly counter for Zac. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar in order to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average gets more CS relative to Zac. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Gnar versus Zac build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Zac than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Zac with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zac as Gnar, Gnar players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Gnar vs Zac counters, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
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