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 stats shown here underscore several influential Volibear vs. Zac counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Volibear normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he 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 not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Volibear does have a lower win rate than Zac, when facing one another, Volibear also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Volibear into Zac.
Additionally, Volibear also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Volibear 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Volibear is a somewhat poor counter to Zac. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Zac.
If you would like to truly master Volibear in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear on average picks up more CS relative to Zac. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Volibear versus Zac build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Zac than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Zac with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Zac as Volibear, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Volibear vs Zac clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zac as Volibear are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.