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How to Win Zac vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupZac is in the s tier of champions

Zac vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Zac in LoLZac is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Zac

based on 3,672 Zac vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
54.6 %
K/D/A
3.27
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Kai'Sa as Zac came out of an examination of 3672 ranked matches where both champions clashed against each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly uncommon. Zac encounters Kai'Sa in only 4.3% of his matches.

Zac vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Zac has done a great job of beating Kai'Sa. Normally, he wins a whopping 54.6% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Zac against Kai'Sa matches, Zac’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Kai'Sa.

Best Zac vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSpirit VisageSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskLiandry's TormentRiftmakerJak'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
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorHealth 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 Kai'Sa as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Zac vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
54.6 %
VS
Win Rate
45.4 %
Kai'Sa Image
4.5
< Kills >
7.4
4.8
< Deaths >
6.4
11.2
< Assists >
6.4
1.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
59
< Minions Killed >
181
1.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,375
< Physical Damage >
12,948
14,317
< Magic Damage >
8,248
1,137
< True Damage >
1,050
16,830
< Damage Dealt >
22,246
40,188
< Damage Taken >
20,082
10,709
< Gold Earned >
12,368
1.62
< Towers >
2.07
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
42,376
< Total Healing >
4,314
13,059
< Experience >
12,576
23
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
443
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Zac against Kai'Sa matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Zac normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Zac or Kai'Sa?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when trying to fight Kai'Sa, with a 54.6% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes a great counter for Kai'Sa.

While Zac does have a much higher winrate than Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Zac also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Kai'Saas his relative depth means that 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 Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Kai'Sa 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 late stage team fights.

Zac is a great counter for Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Kai'Sa.

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 Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Zac, we analyzed 3,672 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 Kai'Sa 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 Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually gets a lot less CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Zac versus Kai'Sa build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Sunfire Aegis. When Zac used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 54.6% when playing against Kai'Sa with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Kai'Sa as Zac, you 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 runes we have analyed for Zac vs Kai'Sa counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.6% winrate overall.

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