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

Zac vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Zac in LoLZac is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
Marksman

How to Beat Xayah as Zac

based on 1,329 Zac vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
3.36
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. In our data, Zac fought Xayah in 1329 games. Having so many games with Zac vs Xayah provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a pro build to defeat your foe. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Zac fights Xayah in only 1.5% of his matches.

Zac vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Zac does a good job of beating Xayah. Normally, he wins a terrific 53.4% of games the champions face one another in. In Zac against Xayah matches, Zac’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Zac vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentRiftmakerRanduin's OmenUnending Despair

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 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
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Xayah as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Zac vs Xayah Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Xayah Image
4.7
< Kills >
6.2
4.7
< Deaths >
6.3
11.1
< Assists >
6.8
1.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
60
< Minions Killed >
182
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.3
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,428
< Physical Damage >
20,870
14,722
< Magic Damage >
346
1,113
< True Damage >
1,032
17,264
< Damage Dealt >
22,248
40,503
< Damage Taken >
20,498
10,734
< Gold Earned >
11,899
1.56
< Towers >
2.3
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
42,411
< Total Healing >
4,608
13,076
< Experience >
12,513
23
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
434
< Time Dealing CC >
57

How to Counter Xayah with Zac in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several important Zac vs. Xayah matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Zac often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Xayah

Who is Better, Zac or Xayah?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes a great counter to Xayah.

While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when facing one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Xayahas his relative depth means 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 Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Xayah 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 teammates during teamfights.

Zac is a great counter to Xayah. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Xayah.

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

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Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Zac, we analyzed 1,329 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 Xayah 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 Xayah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually picks up a lot less CS as Xayah. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Zac versus Xayah build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Xayah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 53.4% when countering Xayah with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Xayah as Zac, Zac players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zac vs Xayah fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.4% win rate overall.

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