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How to Win Zeri vs Taric Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Taric

How to Beat Taric as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taric as Zeri

based on 426 Zeri vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
44.8 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our dataset, Zeri faced Taric in 426 matches. Having so many matchups for Zeri vs Taric gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening data and a supported build to suppress Taric. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Zeri encounters Taric in only 1.1% of their matches.

Zeri vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a terrible job of beating Taric. Normally, they wins a lowly 44.8% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Zeri vs Taric matches, Zeri’s side is 0.2% less expected to earn first blood. This indicates that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Taric.

Best Zeri vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsStormrazorNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
7
E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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W

Guide to Countering Taric as Zeri

Advice to Win Against Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Zeri vs Taric Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
44.8 %
VS
Win Rate
55.2 %
Taric Image
7.1
< Kills >
1.8
5.8
< Deaths >
5.5
6.6
< Assists >
14.5
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
187
< Minions Killed >
37
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.58
14,516
< Physical Damage >
1,990
6,689
< Magic Damage >
4,461
623
< True Damage >
773
21,829
< Damage Dealt >
7,225
21,840
< Damage Taken >
22,576
12,433
< Gold Earned >
8,542
2.21
< Towers >
2.32
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,244
< Total Healing >
11,746
12,395
< Experience >
10,701
18
< Vision Score >
48
8
< Wards Placed >
21
122
< Time Dealing CC >
382

How to Counter Taric with Zeri in LoL

The stats shown on this page show some valuable Zeri against Taric matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Taric. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Zeri normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Taric. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zeri and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Taric

Who is Better, Zeri or Taric?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when trying to fight Taric, with a 44.8% win rate. Therefore, Zeri makes a poor counter for Taric.

While Zeri does have a much lower winrate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Zeri also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zeri into Taric.

Additionally, Zeri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zeri is a trash counter to Taric. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Taric.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Zeri, we analyzed 426 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 Taric as Zeri 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zeri in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri typically gets much more CS relative to Taric. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Zeri versus Taric build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better vs Taric than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 44.8% when playing against Taric with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Taric as Zeri, Zeri players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Zeri vs Taric clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.8% winrate overall.

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