If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Master Yi against Zac counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zac. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in deaths.
Master Yi typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually fairs equally well when taking on Zac, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Master Yi makes an ok counter to Zac.
While Master Yi does have a lower win rate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Master Yi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Master Yi into Zac.
Additionally, Master Yi 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Master Yi 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 teammates during teamfights.
Master Yi is a somewhat poor counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Master Yi against Zac.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi in order to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi most often picks up less CS compared to Zac. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Master Yi versus Zac build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Master Yi included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Zac than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Master Yi boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Zac with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Zac as Master Yi, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Master Yi vs Zac counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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