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

Zac vs Xin Zhao

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

based on 2,868 Zac vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
3.22
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. Within our data, Zac faced off against Xin Zhao 2868 times. With so many matchups for Zac vs Xin Zhao provides us faith in our capability to provide informative stats and a solid build to counter your enemy. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Zac is forced to battle against Xin Zhao in only 3.3% of his games.

Zac vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Zac has done a decent job of countering Xin Zhao. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.1% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Zac vs Xin Zhao games, Zac’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Zac vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Chain VestBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairLiandry's TormentAbyssal MaskAnathema's Chains

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorHealth 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
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Xin Zhao

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 Xin Zhao

Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.

Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.

Zac vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Xin Zhao Image
4.7
< Kills >
6.3
4.9
< Deaths >
6.5
11.1
< Assists >
8
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
62
< Minions Killed >
43
0.92
< Dragons Killed >
1.44
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,523
< Physical Damage >
17,799
15,715
< Magic Damage >
1,436
1,110
< True Damage >
1,598
18,348
< Damage Dealt >
20,834
40,498
< Damage Taken >
40,564
10,685
< Gold Earned >
11,641
1.54
< Towers >
1.53
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
42,221
< Total Healing >
21,205
12,954
< Experience >
13,195
22
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
449
< Time Dealing CC >
480

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Zac in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Zac versus Xin Zhao counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..

Zac often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Zac or Xin Zhao?

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 Xin Zhao, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes a good counter to Xin Zhao.

While Zac does have a higher win rate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Xin Zhao matchups, Zac is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Zac is a decent counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zac against Xin Zhao.

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

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Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Zac, we analyzed 2,868 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 Xin Zhao 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 Xin Zhao Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zac to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The best items to have in your Zac versus Xin Zhao build consist of Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 51.1% when playing against Xin Zhao with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Xin Zhao as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zac vs Xin Zhao counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xin Zhao as Zac are shown for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.