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

Zac vs Poppy

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

based on 1,781 Zac vs Poppy matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
3
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Poppy as Zac resulted from an examination of 1781 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Zac encounters Poppy in only 2.1% of his matches.

Zac vs Poppy Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zac does a poor job of countering Poppy. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of the time the champions face each other in. In Zac versus Poppy rounds, Zac’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Poppy.

Best Zac vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairRiftmakerLiandry's TormentAbyssal Mask

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
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
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
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Poppy as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Poppy

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 Poppy

Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.

When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.

You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.

Zac vs Poppy Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Poppy Image
4.5
< Kills >
4.7
5.1
< Deaths >
5.4
10.8
< Assists >
9.1
1
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
62
< Minions Killed >
83
0.95
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,390
< Physical Damage >
13,787
14,782
< Magic Damage >
3,926
1,130
< True Damage >
1,345
17,304
< Damage Dealt >
19,059
41,505
< Damage Taken >
30,568
10,716
< Gold Earned >
10,557
1.47
< Towers >
1.69
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
42,567
< Total Healing >
7,971
13,018
< Experience >
13,285
24
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
10
448
< Time Dealing CC >
675

How to Counter Poppy with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Zac versus Poppy matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy..

Zac usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Poppy. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Poppy

Who is Better, Zac or Poppy?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually loses when taking on Poppy, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a bad counter to Poppy.

While Zac does have a lower win rate compared to Poppy, when facing one another, Zac also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zac into Poppyas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Zac is a somewhat poor counter for Poppy. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Poppy.

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 Poppy Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Poppy as Zac, we analyzed 1,781 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 Poppy 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 Poppy Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zac to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac most often gets a similar amount of CS as Poppy. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Zac versus Poppy build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Poppy than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Poppy with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Poppy as Zac, Zac players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zac vs Poppy counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.

If you need to get Zac vs Poppy tips and counter builds for a a distinct rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides given are calculated using every round run with these champs.