Zac vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Zac
based on 4,342 Zac vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Zac vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Zac in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Zac against Nocturne counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zac and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Zac or Nocturne?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually fairs equally well when playing against Nocturne, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Zac makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Zac into Nocturneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zac also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Nocturne matchups, Zac is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Zac is a decent counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zac to counter Nocturne 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac often picks up more CS compared to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zac versus Nocturne build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Nocturne than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nocturne 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Zac vs Nocturne battles, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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