Heimerdinger vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Heimerdinger
based on 1,227 Heimerdinger vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Zac
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Heimerdinger against Zac counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Zac
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Zac?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate than Zac, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Heimerdinger into Zacas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a trash counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually picks up more CS compared to Zac. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Zac build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Zac than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Zac with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zac as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Zac clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.5% win rate overall.
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