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

Zac vs Lucian

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

based on 5,534 Zac vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
3.25
Pick Rate
6.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Lucian as Zac came out of an evaluation of 5534 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This matchup is relatively uncommon. Zac fights Lucian in only 6.4% of his matches.

Zac vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Zac has done a good job of beating Lucian. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Zac versus Lucian games, Zac’s side is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, implying that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Zac vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskRiftmakerKaenic RookernUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth 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
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Lucian as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Lucian

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 Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Zac vs Lucian Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Lucian Image
4.7
< Kills >
7.5
4.8
< Deaths >
6.5
10.9
< Assists >
6.7
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
63
< Minions Killed >
188
1.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,391
< Physical Damage >
19,990
14,778
< Magic Damage >
2,907
1,109
< True Damage >
1,245
17,279
< Damage Dealt >
24,142
40,877
< Damage Taken >
21,348
10,845
< Gold Earned >
12,513
1.53
< Towers >
2.37
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
43,227
< Total Healing >
4,932
13,264
< Experience >
12,656
24
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
444
< Time Dealing CC >
43

How to Counter Lucian with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Zac against Lucian matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Zac normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Lucian

Who is Better, Zac or Lucian?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when trying to fight Lucian, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a good counter for Lucian.

While Zac does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Lucian matchups, Zac is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Zac is an above average counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zac against Lucian.

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 Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Zac, we analyzed 5,534 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 Lucian 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 Lucian Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zac to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac most often racks up less CS relative to Lucian. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Zac versus Lucian build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Liandry's Torment. When Zac incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Lucian than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Lucian with this counter build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Lucian as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Zac vs Lucian counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.

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