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

Zac vs Tristana

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

based on 2,652 Zac vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
3.41
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Tristana as Zac came out of an examination of 2652 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Zac fights Tristana in only 3.1% of his rounds.

Zac vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Zac does a good job of beating Tristana. Typically, he wins a terrific 53.2% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Zac versus Tristana games, Zac’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Tristana.

Best Zac vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageThornmailRanduin's Omen

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskRiftmakerIceborn GauntletUnending Despair

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
>
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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
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Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Tristana as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Zac vs Tristana Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Tristana Image
4.6
< Kills >
7
4.6
< Deaths >
6.4
11.1
< Assists >
5.6
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
58
< Minions Killed >
170
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,417
< Physical Damage >
17,725
14,749
< Magic Damage >
2,213
1,089
< True Damage >
1,023
17,257
< Damage Dealt >
20,962
39,739
< Damage Taken >
21,914
10,692
< Gold Earned >
12,372
1.59
< Towers >
2.65
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
42,209
< Total Healing >
5,910
13,061
< Experience >
12,768
22
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
439
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Counter Tristana with Zac in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some vital Zac versus Tristana counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tristana. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Zac often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Tristana. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Tristana

Who is Better, Zac or Tristana?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when trying to fight Tristana, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a great counter for Tristana.

While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Tristanaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Tristana 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Zac is a great counter for Tristana. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Tristana.

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 Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Zac, we analyzed 2,652 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 Tristana 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 Tristana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually racks up less CS relative to Tristana. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Zac versus Tristana build consist of Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Zac included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Tristana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Tristana with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Tristana as Zac, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Zac vs Tristana clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.

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