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 here clarify several vital Qiyana against Zac matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zac. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in killsdeaths.
Qiyana often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Qiyana makes a bad counter to Zac.
While Qiyana does have a lower win rate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Qiyana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Qiyana into Zacas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Qiyana has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Qiyana is a somewhat poor counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Qiyana against Zac.
If you would like to truly master Qiyana in order to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Qiyana most often picks up more CS compared to Zac. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Qiyana versus Zac build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Qiyana included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Zac than with many other typical builds. In fact, Qiyana boasted an average winrate of 48.4% battling Zac with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Zac as Qiyana, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Qiyana vs Zac LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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