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How to Synergize Zac with Darius on the Same TeamZac is in the s tier of champions

Zac with Darius

How to Win With Zac and Darius Paired TogetherZac is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Zac and Darius

based on 2,449 Zac with Darius pairs
Win Rate
53.5 %
K/D/A
3.54
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Zac has fought alongside Darius in 2449 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data from the developers of LoL, we are sure that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Zac play with Darius. It is relatively rare for Zac to play alongside Darius on the same team. This pairing has only happened in about 2.9% of rounds with Zac.

Zac Darius Synergy Summary

Zac does a good job of synergizing with Darius. Normally, he wins a whopping 53.5% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Zac when playing with Darius by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zac vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

RiftmakerLiandry's TormentRanduin's OmenCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zac to level upe
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Second ability for Zac to level upw
>
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
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Zac and Darius

Tips for Playing as Zac with Darius

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 Understand How Darius Will Play

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

Zac Darius Synergy Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.5 %
VS
Win Rate
46.5 %
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4.5
< Kills >
4.7
4.6
< Deaths >
4.8
11.8
< Assists >
11
1.04
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
41
< Minions Killed >
61
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,221
< Physical Damage >
1,433
14,341
< Magic Damage >
14,911
1,086
< True Damage >
1,122
16,649
< Damage Dealt >
17,467
39,771
< Damage Taken >
41,114
10,703
< Gold Earned >
10,816
1.46
< Towers >
1.53
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
43,503
< Total Healing >
43,090
12,845
< Experience >
13,201
24
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
8
451
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Play with Darius as Zac in LoL

The Zac Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Zac sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Darius. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Darius helps Zac perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Zac tries to synergize with Darius, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Darius does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played with Darius on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Darius.

Additionally, when Zac plays with Darius on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Darius does a decent job of protecting Zac during team fights.

Synergies between Zac and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zac
Darius

Is Zac better when played alongside Darius?

There is no ideal ally for Zac that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, Darius is a pretty good companion for Zac. By locking into the same team as Zac, he raises their win rate by 1.7% to 53.5%. This shows that there is a good synergy between Zac and Darius that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Zac. That means Zac players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Darius allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Zac players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by grouping Zac and Darius together, you may not be providing your side a lot of support. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Darius teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac Darius Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zac and Darius, we analyzed 2,449 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Zac with Darius comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zac to work well with Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Zac and Darius synergy build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Darius than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 53.5% when playing alongside Darius with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Zac players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zac and Darius pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.5% winrate overall.

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