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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Zac Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Zac

How to Beat Zac as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the s tier of champions
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TankFighter

How to Beat Zac as Kai'Sa

based on 3,672 Kai'Sa vs Zac matchups
Win Rate
45.4 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Kai'Sa faced off against Zac in 3672 rounds. Having so many games with Kai'Sa versus Zac gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide actionable data and a solid build to shatter your rival. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Kai'Sa fights Zac in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Zac Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a terrible job of beating Zac. Typically, she wins a lowly 45.4% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Kai'Sa against Zac matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Zac.

Best Kai'Sa vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterWit's EndStormsurgeThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zac as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Zac

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa vs Zac Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45.4 %
VS
Win Rate
54.6 %
Zac Image
7.4
< Kills >
4.5
6.4
< Deaths >
4.8
6.4
< Assists >
11.2
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.05
181
< Minions Killed >
59
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
12,948
< Physical Damage >
1,375
8,248
< Magic Damage >
14,317
1,050
< True Damage >
1,137
22,246
< Damage Dealt >
16,830
20,082
< Damage Taken >
40,188
12,368
< Gold Earned >
10,709
2.07
< Towers >
1.62
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
4,314
< Total Healing >
42,376
12,576
< Experience >
13,059
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
8
48
< Time Dealing CC >
443

How to Counter Zac with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some important Kai'Sa versus Zac matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac..

Kai'Sa typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Zac

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Zac?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when playing against Zac, with a 45.4% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Zac.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate than Zac, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kai'Sa into Zac.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa 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 team members during team fights.

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Zac.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Zac Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zac as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 3,672 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 Kai'Sa 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to counter Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa on average gets much more CS relative to Zac. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Zac build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Zac than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 45.4% when countering Zac with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zac as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kai'Sa vs Zac matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.4% win rate overall.

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