Zac vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Zac
based on 3,285 Zac vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Zac vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Zac in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Zac versus Xerath counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xerath..
Zac often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zac and Xerath
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Who is Better, Zac or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Xerath, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a good counter to Xerath.
While Zac does have a higher winrate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zac also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Xerath matchups, Zac is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zac is a decent counter for Xerath. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac typically gets less CS as Xerath. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zac versus Xerath build consist of Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Zac bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Xerath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Xerath with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Xerath as Zac, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Zac vs Xerath matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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