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

Zac vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Zac in LoLZac is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Zac

based on 2,985 Zac vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
3.56
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Rengar as Zac came out of an evaluation of 2985 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Zac is forced to battle against Rengar in only 3.5% of his matches.

Zac vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Zac has done a good job of beating Rengar. On average, he wins a terrific 53.1% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Zac versus Rengar matches, Zac’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Zac vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSpirit VisageSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernRiftmakerIceborn GauntletAbyssal Mask

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteHealth 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
E
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rengar as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Zac vs Rengar Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Rengar Image
5
< Kills >
7.8
4.5
< Deaths >
6.9
11
< Assists >
6.2
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
62
< Minions Killed >
46
1.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.25
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,472
< Physical Damage >
17,561
15,073
< Magic Damage >
1,433
1,062
< True Damage >
1,727
17,608
< Damage Dealt >
20,723
39,912
< Damage Taken >
34,025
10,925
< Gold Earned >
12,885
1.65
< Towers >
1.35
0.27
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
42,973
< Total Healing >
16,342
13,295
< Experience >
13,953
23
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
5
448
< Time Dealing CC >
241

How to Counter Rengar with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Zac versus Rengar counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rengar. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Zac typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Rengar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Rengar

Who is Better, Zac or Rengar?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Rengar, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a great counter to Rengar.

While Zac does have a higher win rate than Rengar, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Rengaras his relative depth means 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 Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Rengar matchups, Zac is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Zac is a great counter to Rengar. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Rengar.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Zac, we analyzed 2,985 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 Rengar 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

To truly master Zac in order to counter Rengar during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Rengar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Zac versus Rengar build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Sunfire Aegis. When Zac combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Rengar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average winrate of 53.1% when playing against Rengar with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Rengar as Zac, you should equip 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 picked for Zac vs Rengar fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.

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