Nocturne vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Nocturne
based on 4,342 Nocturne vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Zac
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Nocturne versus Zac matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Nocturne normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Zac
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Zac?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when taking on Zac, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Zac.
While Nocturne does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Zac.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a somewhat poor counter to Zac. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically accumulates less CS as Zac. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Zac build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Zac than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 49.4% battling Zac with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Zac as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nocturne vs Zac clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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