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

Zac vs Warwick

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

based on 3,319 Zac vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
3.26
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. In our data, Zac fought Warwick in 3319 matches. Using so many games with Zac vs Warwick provides us confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a pro build to crush Warwick. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Zac is forced to battle against Warwick in only 3.9% of his rounds.

Zac vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Zac has done a great job of countering Warwick. On average, he wins a whopping 54.4% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Zac vs Warwick games, Zac’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Warwick.

Best Zac vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageThornmailHollow Radiance

Optional Items

RiftmakerAbyssal MaskLiandry's TormentJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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 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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
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W
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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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R

Guide to Countering Warwick as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Warwick

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 Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Zac vs Warwick Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
Warwick Image
4.6
< Kills >
7
5
< Deaths >
7.1
11.7
< Assists >
7.1
1.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
56
< Minions Killed >
57
1.01
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,437
< Physical Damage >
8,096
15,260
< Magic Damage >
9,442
1,116
< True Damage >
1,433
17,815
< Damage Dealt >
18,972
40,143
< Damage Taken >
40,486
10,678
< Gold Earned >
11,506
1.54
< Towers >
1.34
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
41,967
< Total Healing >
21,711
13,013
< Experience >
13,082
22
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
440
< Time Dealing CC >
292

How to Counter Warwick with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Zac vs. Warwick counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Warwick’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Warwick. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Warwick. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Warwick

Who is Better, Zac or Warwick?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when trying to fight Warwick, with a 54.4% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a great counter to Warwick.

While Zac does have a much higher winrate than Warwick, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Warwickas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Warwick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Warwick 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 allied champions during teamfights.

Zac is a great counter for Warwick. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Warwick.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Zac, we analyzed 3,319 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 Warwick 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 learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Warwick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Zac versus Warwick build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Zac used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Warwick than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average winrate of 54.4% when countering Warwick with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Warwick as Zac, Zac players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Zac vs Warwick LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.

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