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How to Win Zac vs Ahri Counter MatchupZac is in the s tier of champions

Zac vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Zac in LoLZac is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Zac

based on 2,454 Zac vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
3.15
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Ahri as Zac resulted from an evaluation of 2454 ranked matches where both champs opposed each other. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Zac encounters Ahri in only 2.9% of his games.

Zac vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Zac does a good job of countering Ahri. On average, he wins a terrific 53.2% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Zac against Ahri rounds, Zac’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Ahri.

Best Zac vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageThornmailHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Unending DespairLiandry's TormentIceborn GauntletKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zac to level upw
>
Second ability for Zac to level upe
>
Last skill for Zac to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Zac's passive ability p
Zac's q ability q
Zac's w ability w
Zac's e ability e
Zac's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Ahri as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Ahri

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 Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Zac vs Ahri Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Ahri Image
4.5
< Kills >
6
4.8
< Deaths >
5.7
10.6
< Assists >
7.6
1.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
59
< Minions Killed >
167
1.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,327
< Physical Damage >
1,562
14,195
< Magic Damage >
15,416
1,112
< True Damage >
6,139
16,635
< Damage Dealt >
23,118
41,281
< Damage Taken >
20,380
10,714
< Gold Earned >
11,173
1.56
< Towers >
1.9
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
43,015
< Total Healing >
4,825
13,166
< Experience >
14,053
22
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
10
447
< Time Dealing CC >
74

How to Counter Ahri with Zac in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Zac versus Ahri matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ahri..

Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ahri. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Ahri

Who is Better, Zac or Ahri?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Ahri, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes a great counter to Ahri.

While Zac does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Ahrias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Ahri matchups, Zac is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Zac is a great counter for Ahri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zac against Ahri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zac

Zac Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.5% winrateKledKled46.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser47% winrateRenata GlascRenata Glasc47.4% winrate

Zac Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.9% winrateZoeZoe57.3% winrateKarthusKarthus57.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Zac, we analyzed 2,454 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ahri as Zac comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Zac Build Ahri Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually gets less CS relative to Ahri. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Zac versus Ahri build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Zac combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Ahri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 53.2% battling Ahri with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ahri as Zac, Zac players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Zac vs Ahri face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Zac are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.