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

Zac vs Graves

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

based on 4,219 Zac vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
3.13
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Graves as Zac came out of an analysis of 4219 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This matchup is fairly uncommon. Zac fights Graves in only 4.9% of his matches.

Zac vs Graves Matchup Summary

Zac does a ok job of countering Graves. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Zac versus Graves rounds, Zac’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Graves.

Best Zac vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Anathema's ChainsRiftmakerAbyssal MaskLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
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
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
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E
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Graves as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Zac vs Graves Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Graves Image
4.5
< Kills >
7.1
4.8
< Deaths >
5.7
10.5
< Assists >
7.2
1.04
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
63
< Minions Killed >
55
0.92
< Dragons Killed >
1.53
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,345
< Physical Damage >
18,577
14,142
< Magic Damage >
843
1,089
< True Damage >
2,494
16,577
< Damage Dealt >
21,915
40,178
< Damage Taken >
29,423
10,621
< Gold Earned >
12,660
1.52
< Towers >
1.76
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
41,560
< Total Healing >
13,784
12,935
< Experience >
14,221
23
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
432
< Time Dealing CC >
503

How to Counter Graves with Zac in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Zac against Graves matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..

Zac normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Graves

Who is Better, Zac or Graves?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually fairs equally well when playing against Graves, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes an ok counter for Graves.

While Zac does have a higher winrate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Zac also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Gravesas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Graves matchups, Zac is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zac is a decent counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zac against Graves.

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 Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Zac, we analyzed 4,219 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 Graves 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

If you would like to truly master Zac to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Graves. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Zac versus Graves build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Graves than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Graves with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Graves 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 we have analyed for Zac vs Graves face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.

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