Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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 underscore some critical Quinn against Zac counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zac. This observation is largely a result of the differences in deaths.
Quinn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Quinn usually loses when trying to fight Zac, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Quinn makes a poor counter for Zac.
While Quinn does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when on opposite teams, Quinn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Quinn into Zac.
Furthermore, Quinn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Quinn vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Quinn is a trash counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Quinn against Zac.
To truly master Quinn 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Quinn often gets more CS compared to Zac. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Quinn versus Zac build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Stormrazor, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Quinn included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Zac than with many other typical builds. In fact, Quinn had an average winrate of 48.0% battling Zac with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zac as Quinn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Quinn vs Zac matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zac as Quinn are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.