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

Zac vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Zac in LoLZac is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Zac

based on 853 Zac vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
3.36
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our database, Zac battled Kennen in 853 matches. Including so many matchups for Zac vs Kennen provides us faith in our capacity to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to crush your enemy. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Zac encounters Kennen in only 1.0% of his rounds.

Zac vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Zac does a great job of countering Kennen. Normally, he wins a whopping 55.5% of games the champions face one another in. In Zac against Kennen matches, Zac’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Zac vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Unending DespairHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The ProteanRanduin's Omen

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zac to level upe
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Second ability for Zac to level upw
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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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Zac vs Kennen Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
Kennen Image
4.8
< Kills >
6.1
4.7
< Deaths >
6.2
11
< Assists >
6.3
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
59
< Minions Killed >
162
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,294
< Physical Damage >
2,235
14,335
< Magic Damage >
21,307
1,091
< True Damage >
992
16,721
< Damage Dealt >
24,535
40,927
< Damage Taken >
21,879
10,793
< Gold Earned >
11,254
1.57
< Towers >
1.85
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
43,070
< Total Healing >
3,002
13,150
< Experience >
14,232
23
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
436
< Time Dealing CC >
74

How to Counter Kennen with Zac in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several valuable Zac versus Kennen counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kennen. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Kennen. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Kennen

Who is Better, Zac or Kennen?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Kennen, with a 55.5% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a fantastic counter to Kennen.

While Zac does have a much higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Kennenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Zac has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Kennen 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Zac is a great counter to Kennen. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zac against Kennen.

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 Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Zac, we analyzed 853 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 Kennen 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zac in order to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually picks up less CS as Kennen. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Zac versus Kennen build consist of Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Kennen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average winrate of 55.5% when playing against Kennen with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating Kennen as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Zac vs Kennen face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.5% winrate overall.

If you need to view Zac versus Kennen tips and counter builds for a an individual division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all games with data with both champs.