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

Zac vs Jinx

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

based on 4,140 Zac vs Jinx matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
3.3
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Jinx as Zac came out of an evaluation of 4140 ranked games where both champs fought each other. This counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Zac encounters Jinx in only 4.8% of his matches.

Zac vs Jinx Matchup Summary

Zac has done a decent job of countering Jinx. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Zac against Jinx matches, Zac’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Jinx.

Best Zac vs Jinx Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailRanduin's OmenHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionLiandry's TormentAbyssal MaskRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
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 Jinx as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Jinx

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 Jinx

Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.

Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.

Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.

Zac vs Jinx Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Jinx Image
4.6
< Kills >
6.7
4.7
< Deaths >
6.5
10.9
< Assists >
7.3
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
58
< Minions Killed >
175
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,404
< Physical Damage >
19,776
14,416
< Magic Damage >
1,044
1,093
< True Damage >
1,133
16,914
< Damage Dealt >
21,954
40,097
< Damage Taken >
19,894
10,671
< Gold Earned >
11,929
1.51
< Towers >
2.46
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
41,932
< Total Healing >
4,750
12,995
< Experience >
12,296
22
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
440
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Counter Jinx with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Zac versus Jinx matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jinx..

Zac typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Jinx

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Jinx
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Jinx

Who is Better, Zac or Jinx?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when facing off against Jinx, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a good counter for Jinx.

While Zac does have a higher winrate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Jinxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Jinx matchups, Zac is the better champion with a higher 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 for Jinx. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zac against Jinx.

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 Jinx Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jinx as Zac, we analyzed 4,140 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 Jinx 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 Jinx Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac often gets a lot less CS relative to Jinx. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Zac versus Jinx build include Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, and Hollow Radiance. When Zac combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Jinx than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Jinx with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Jinx as Zac, Zac players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zac vs Jinx matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.

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