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

Zac vs Aphelios

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

based on 1,984 Zac vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
3.34
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Aphelios as Zac resulted from an evaluation of 1984 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Zac fights Aphelios in only 2.3% of his matches.

Zac vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Zac does a good job of beating Aphelios. On average, he wins a terrific 52.5% of games the champs fight each other in. In Zac against Aphelios matches, Zac’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Zac vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageThornmailHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskUnending DespairRanduin's OmenJak'Sho, The Protean

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
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Aphelios as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Aphelios

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 Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Zac vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Aphelios Image
4.7
< Kills >
6.6
4.7
< Deaths >
6.6
11
< Assists >
5.9
1.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
60
< Minions Killed >
175
1.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,417
< Physical Damage >
21,235
14,316
< Magic Damage >
1,350
1,061
< True Damage >
1,205
16,795
< Damage Dealt >
23,792
40,385
< Damage Taken >
18,900
10,677
< Gold Earned >
11,738
1.54
< Towers >
2.32
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
42,221
< Total Healing >
5,067
12,977
< Experience >
12,188
22
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
442
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Aphelios with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Zac vs. Aphelios matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Aphelios

Who is Better, Zac or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when playing against Aphelios, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes a good counter to Aphelios.

While Zac does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Apheliosas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zac has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Aphelios matchups, Zac is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Zac is an above average counter for Aphelios. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zac against Aphelios.

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

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Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Zac, we analyzed 1,984 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 Aphelios 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 Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Aphelios 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 stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac on average accumulates less CS relative to Aphelios. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Zac versus Aphelios build consist of Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Zac included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 52.5% battling Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Aphelios as Zac, Zac players should take 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 players picked for Zac vs Aphelios matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.

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