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

Zac vs Zed

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

based on 3,015 Zac vs Zed matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
3.38
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Zed as Zac resulted from an analysis of 3015 ranked games where both champions opposed one another. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Zac encounters Zed in only 3.5% of his matches.

Zac vs Zed Matchup Summary

Zac does a good job of beating Zed. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.0% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Zac vs Zed rounds, Zac’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Zed.

Best Zac vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSpirit VisageSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentCelestial OppositionJak'Sho, The ProteanRiftmaker

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 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
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Zed as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Zed

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 Zed

Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.

After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.

Zac vs Zed Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Zed Image
5
< Kills >
8.5
4.7
< Deaths >
6.6
10.9
< Assists >
5.7
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.96
63
< Minions Killed >
162
1.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,493
< Physical Damage >
22,247
15,398
< Magic Damage >
1,329
1,128
< True Damage >
1,714
18,019
< Damage Dealt >
25,291
41,390
< Damage Taken >
23,311
11,080
< Gold Earned >
12,571
1.55
< Towers >
1.61
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
44,172
< Total Healing >
3,793
13,577
< Experience >
14,755
23
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
7
472
< Time Dealing CC >
153

How to Counter Zed with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Zac against Zed matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Zac often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Zed

Who is Better, Zac or Zed?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when facing off against Zed, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a good counter for Zed.

While Zac does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zac also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Zed matchups, Zac is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Zac is a decent counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zac against Zed.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Zed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zed as Zac, we analyzed 3,015 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 Zed 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 truly master Zac in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually gets less CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Zac versus Zed build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Sunfire Aegis. When Zac used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Zed with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Zed as Zac, Zac players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Zac vs Zed counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.

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