Zac vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Zac
based on 4,662 Zac vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Aatrox
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Zac vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Zac in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Zac against Aatrox matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aatrox. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Zac often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Aatrox. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zac and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Zac or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when facing off against Aatrox, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a good counter to Aatrox.
While Zac does have a higher winrate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zac has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Aatrox matchups, Zac is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zac is a decent counter for Aatrox. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zac in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac usually picks up less CS as Aatrox. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zac versus Aatrox build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Sunfire Aegis. When Zac included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Aatrox than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Aatrox as Zac, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zac vs Aatrox fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.
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