Graves vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Graves
based on 4,219 Graves vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Zac
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Graves against Zac counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Graves usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Zac
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Who is Better, Graves or Zac?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zac, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Graves makes an ok counter for Zac.
While Graves does have a lower win rate than Zac, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Zac.
Furthermore, Graves has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zac. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Graves versus Zac build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Graves combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Zac than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Zac with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Zac as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Graves vs Zac battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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