Zac with Olaf
How to Synergize Zac and Olaf
based on 595 Zac with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zac Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Zac vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zac and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Zac with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Zac Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Zac in LoL
The Zac Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Olaf helps Zac perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zac plays on the same team as Olaf, he gets a measurable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Olaf does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played with Olaf on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Olaf.
Moreover, when Zac plays with Olaf on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Olaf does a decent job of covering Zac in teamfights.
Synergies between Zac and Olaf
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Is Zac better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Zac that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Olaf is a very typical ally for Zac. By being on the same side as Zac, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 51.8%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Zac and Olaf that allows them to perform at the same level together than without each other.
Olaf has a much lower diffuclty than Zac. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Olaf teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, Zac players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Zac and Olaf together, you will not be granting your team very much utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Olaf ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zac in order to work well with Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to use in your Zac and Olaf synergy build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Olaf than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing alongside Olaf with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Zac and Olaf pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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