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

Zac vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Zac in LoLZac is in the a tier of champions
TankFighter
TankSupport

How to Beat Alistar as Zac

based on 1,538 Zac vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
3.45
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Alistar as Zac came out of an examination of 1538 ranked matches where both champions faced one another. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Zac encounters Alistar in only 1.8% of his rounds.

Zac vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Zac does a good job of countering Alistar. On average, he wins a whopping 52.3% of games the champions battle each other in. In Zac vs Alistar games, Zac’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Alistar.

Best Zac vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

RiftmakerRanduin's OmenUnending DespairLiandry's Torment

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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R

Guide to Countering Alistar as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Alistar

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 Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Zac vs Alistar Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Alistar Image
4.7
< Kills >
2
4.7
< Deaths >
6.3
11.5
< Assists >
14
1.09
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
65
< Minions Killed >
33
0.92
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,440
< Physical Damage >
1,320
15,856
< Magic Damage >
6,991
1,161
< True Damage >
1,054
18,458
< Damage Dealt >
9,366
39,930
< Damage Taken >
26,334
10,705
< Gold Earned >
8,354
1.57
< Towers >
1.7
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
41,953
< Total Healing >
9,408
12,944
< Experience >
10,197
22
< Vision Score >
55
8
< Wards Placed >
24
451
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Counter Alistar with Zac in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some important Zac versus Alistar matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar..

Zac often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Alistar

Who is Better, Zac or Alistar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when playing against Alistar, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a good counter for Alistar.

While Zac does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when facing one another, Zac also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Alistar 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 teammates during late stage team fights.

Zac is an above average counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zac against Alistar.

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

BardBard+ 55.6% 2434 GamesMaster YiMaster Yi+ 55.9% 1531 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.2% 1878 GamesViVi+ 58.5% 892 Games

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Zac, we analyzed 1,538 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 Alistar 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac on average accumulates more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Zac versus Alistar build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Alistar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Alistar with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Alistar as Zac, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zac vs Alistar counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

If you want to see Zac x Alistar tips and counter builds for a a particular rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every match completed with these champs.