Zacthe Secret Weapon | Ranked #35 out of 73 in Jungle
Discover all Jungle champions who counter Zac. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Zac in League of Legends and win in Champion Select! Zac Data for all roles taken from 186,5807431,67112,06169,948102,165 matches.
In the Jungle (61%)
Zac In the Jungle Counters: 114,69665,43241,7666,216905377 matches, 48 counter champions
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Counter RatingCounter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
Tips Against Zac in the Jungle Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Smudey says “Zac scales extremely well, but his early game suffers from it. You shouldn't respect him unless he uses Q on a minion and wants to Q you so he might cancel your taunt. Try to freeze the wave if possible.”
GiAEcchI says “He ganks hard, look for counter ganking opportunity, if he counter gank you, you lose, you win 1v1 with ignite early game.
Free red orb tho.”
PerfectPower says “Damage over time with Demonic Embrace shows where you are when invisible. Strong CC. He can also use your clone to land his Q. However, you can cancel his leap with your R and slap him early game. ”
basrty1p says “Depending on how much on your skill level.
He has no threat to you if 1 vs 1 unless he will gank your team in the other lane instead.
You should play Burn HP Build to make his passive is used quickly and kill him easily.”
lovicoaching says “He kind of becomes unkillable and can often have more impact than you when he scales. Sometimes you can look to mess him up early game. Champ is just overloaded in damage while being unkillable.
Either ruin him or just play to ruin his team.”
Boptimus says “Good Zac players have a ridiculous amount of sustain from their passive usage. You can use your E to dash to his blobs and push trades in your favour, but if he is stacking Conqueror and is able to heal then bad trades can put you in a horrible situation very quickly.
Grab some early MR and use your W to block CC combos.”
Davecraft16 says “The ony little problem here is that during the mid fase if you don't have items you will not deal a lot of damage, so if you are not confident in your kiting skills wait to have 2/3 items.”
firetaliyah says “Dodge his jump and you can kill him pretty easy unless he has 1m mr although as of patch 12.23 he is just super strong now and going to be a tough matchup.”
Kukiziuu_ says “If you play Rhaast hes technically free. Try to counter gank him because he have huge gank potentional. If you play assasin you got even easier game because of your huge mobility. Do objectives and coutner gank him.”
Bhyure33 says “A whole bunch of cc and tankiness. Is also good at ganking. Try to put some armor penetration into your build, Dominik's is usually good. Before getting armor pen it is hard to kill him and thus you shouldn't fight him.”
RedNBlue says “He will turn your backline and yo into a bouncy house, don't let him get fed, keep his levels and objective counts down and you should be fine. ”
zotet says “Use your tanky build to your advantage in fights, but still be aware of his high sustain and insane escape abilities. You can fight early but its best to be careful”
MythicalMinute says “In the right hands, Zac can be a monster for Shaco to deal with so try to spam counter gank because once he is 3, he will spam gank himself until he gets sunfire.
You can outscale him with the Bruiser (Fighter Oriented) build only if you get mercs with it too.
Bruiser (Fighter Oriented) is good here.”
spuki97 says “Most people don't like this matchup but it's easy. He relies mostly on ganks which means you can steal his camps and win other side of the map.
Be careful, his Q can reveal you in invisibility. Best build: All”
Kao_Oak says “You will beat him in 1v1 and you can follow his escape if you Q him just before he flies with his E. Just be careful not to get jumped on you when he hits 6 because otherwise you will get cc chained to death. Build tenacity vs him and try to track him so you can countergank this guy.”
RengarNBush says “Hard Matchup. Outscales you like most tanks. Can cancel your jump with R, if he counter ganks you, you die there is no escape since his CC is really strong.”
Blakeyzx says “tanky, almost unkillable with good cc chain, so he will just wait for his team to kill u while u wont be able even to move casue of his cc”
Geomine says “you outrade him lvl 1, so you need to play aggresive, carefull of his engage he can chain cc you for over 4 seconds if he do his combo well after 6. you outscale him overall so as long as he doesnt snowball you wont have any problems”
Cheeseypops1 says “Zac does a suprisingly high amount of damage so try not to get caught off guard, But just q poke him and hold your E for whenever he just to jump onto you, Like most champs if you pull them behind you usually just R them and you win if you hit most of your abilites ”
Kuriboh says “The amount of small knockups and cc abilities Zac has makes it almost impossible to even consider channeling your ultimate during a teamfight. Try to avoid his abilities or wait for them to be on cooldown before using your ultimate.”
Saltu says “Ward enemy jg, locate and tell your teammates when you spot him. Try to save E for when he is charging the jump, once there is no jump RUSH AND KILL.
Only worth shit if your teammates have a severe case of stupidine overdose and don't know how to deep ward, or he has a FAT brain and ganks through lane, only works if your teammate's hard push though.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Zac has really long cooldowns on his engage abilities. Because of this, he can only really use them as an engage or escape tool once per fight. If you know he is without these abilities, try to fight him. Placing vision around his jungle entrances and in the river will reduce his ability to get successful ganks off. Take note that Zac can gank from afar with his Elastic Slingshot(E) though. The easiest way for Zac to kill the Scuttle Crab is by using his E. If you see him killing the Scuttle Crab, it will usually mean that his E is on cooldown and he’ll lack an escape tool.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Zac has really long cooldowns on his engage abilities. Because of this, he can only really use them as an engage or escape tool once per fight. If you know he is without these abilities, try to fight him. Placing vision around his jungle entrances and in the river will reduce his ability to get successful ganks off. Take note that Zac can gank from afar with his Elastic Slingshot(E) though. The easiest way for Zac to kill the Scuttle Crab is by using his E. If you see him killing the Scuttle Crab, it will usually mean that his E is on cooldown and he’ll lack an escape tool.”
lumihehe says “he will perma gank. your team will mental boom, and direct it towards you for not ganking. this matchup purely depends on your teammates mental, and if they understand that you have to farm to scale and 1v9. if your team mental booms and doesn't get it, gg. if they do get it and stay calm, you scale and kill zac easily late game.”
Salmon Kid says “Zac has a lot of cc tools that make things difficult for Lillia. Although not as potent as other counters because Lillia's q passive speed naturally counters zac's cc as it is much better against immobile champs, Zac can still chain together a lot of cc with his e, q, and r that can be difficult for Lillia. On top of this, Zac's tankiness combined with his cc makes front to backing fights against him a lot harder.”
Darksword255 says “Lots of cc + tanky + sustain. Step on his blobs when fighting him so he won't heal as much but his counter ganks are stronger than yours. ”
TennisJJ says “He is a large issue… not for you but for your team. He’ll be an issue late game. Pray he gets set behind since you have little in your control to do so.”
PlayerWhatever says “Probably the biggest gank potential in the world thanks to his E and CC. Like Sejuani, probably he is always near his team-mates. Do Morello.”
ItsAydam says “Try to dodge his abilities and kite him. He has a faster clear than you and can get ahead of you if you don't counter-gank/punish him early on.
Executioners and Lord Dominik's will remove him from the game.”
Nik7857 says “Like the other tanks with weak clears, they are all vulnerable to early invades but can sometimes stall long enough to end your game. Zacs passive is very scary and if you don't kill him fast enough the enemy mid or top can roam quick enough. Zacs early game clear is one of the worsts, his E is on a very long CD lvl 1 so make sure to abuse that. If he manages to scale he completly counters your champion. Once hes level 4 and 5 he is going to start spam ganking with his leveled up E. Watch for counter ganks and abuse him if you know his passive is down.”
nZk01 says “zac is super broken right now but you can still easily destroy him early especially with his bad first clear, just try to invade and deny him his camps.”
Shark of Void says “Take the ignite. He gank well. Try to get fed up and go to the counter ganks. Dodge his E and Q with your Q and you'll win him 1v1.”
NegativePhoenix says “If you can dodge his E engage you'll have a better winning shot. His damage isn't that great but it's his beefy power that is scary if you aren't careful about it. Overall, just dodge his E, W him if you think you can react in time, and you'll win if he overextends by himself. Just watch out for his CC, he'll keep you still as long as he wants if he can land his Q on someone else and if he lands right on top of you with E. If he's AP Zac you will get melted.”
HadesxLH says “Bem similar ao Rammus no quesito de ser chato pro time no geral devido a potencia de ganks e o alto CC seria meu ban secundario mas eu prefiro banir Rammus por causa da mobilidade, após a BORK early sua vantagem aumenta um pouco mas eu recomendo um rush de penetração e jogar para scale mid/late”
SunLongGod says “straight up Annoying in combat. try avoid fighting him dodge his abilities with ether your Q or your mobility. If he is in his passive, damage every parts as much as possible then Q all of them when they close to each other”
NegativePhoenix says “Definitely annoying to fight against at most stages of the game. HIs E is good for engaging and escaping as he pleases, and has enough CC to keep you still for his team. You really won't catch him off guard often and if you do, he'll just E away from your range unless he's confident of your location for an engage.”
Fapas16 says “such a fucked up champ, unkillable when he goes tank and does shit ton of damage you cant kill him before you kill he's teams damage dealers”
quinn adc says “Early game play aggro, and save E to cancel his E jump.
If you only use E to cancel his E, then he is useless and can't do anything in laning phase.
Use your range advantage to bully him, and scale up your tank shred items to stomp him later on in the matchup.
Step on blobs to prevent his healing whenever you can.
Ignite early during an all-in to prevent his blob healing”
duowithdeath says “Disgusting champion, try to perma invade and countergank, if you invade him he can do nothing, he gets low on clears so just go kill him. He outscales you late as he becomes near unkillable doing 60% max HP magic damage to 5 people.”
NixLychee says “Low damage output, but very difficult to solokill when he has his passive up, especially because his laners can rotate while his passive stalls for him. Powerful engage, although he requires his team to do most of the damage. Kick him off of your carries, and preferably into the enemy team, as he has high health that will chunk most enemies he is kicked into.”
OfficerVi says “You can Q him out of mid air during his E. Use this during skirmishes to prevent him access to your backline. He will out teamfight you.”
IamFafa says “Dodge his E to not get chained cc'd and make sure to focus the carries instead of tank zac because he can regen quickly, a good buy is executioners calling”
Boptimus says “Zac top is not common but very easy to deal with. Usually in this lane you can farm to Lost Chapter for free and start pumping Q's into him. Your E can cancel his E while he is airborne. You can also R his E channel or while he is airborne for a flashy catch.
I recommend Oblivion Orb directly after Everfrost/Liandry's so that he can't sustain with his blobs. When he is in his passive drop a Q and let it charge and then W when they're all clumped to easily deal with his tiny blobs.”
GrayJinxed says “Zac has a fairly simple fight pattern. Watch out for his jump (E). In a 1v1 skirmish, that's all you need to watch out for. In a team fight, avoid his jump (E) and his jello-slappy-slappies (Q). ”
DarkMareOfficial says “usually not a threat. Don't let him q you along your Decoy (W).
If you are Red side/ when he tries to steal drake coming from Blue side, your ult will cancel his jump and leave him on the other side of the wall if you are very close to the dragon pit wall and time it nicely with his Jump.”
krispykurls says “Dodge this game. You do not win unless you have teammates willing to engage for you consistently. He can knock you up reliably at least 3 times in a team fight which tenacity won't help against.
Should you not-dodge, invade him early and look to fight him if he wastes his high-CD 'E'. You win the 1v1 if he is not fed but the more people fighting at once, the more ZAC-favored the fight becomes.
I would ban Zac but I keep him open in case the enemy JGer chooses Master Yi from me.”
APigHunter says “Given Zac is Gank-oriented. He may unsuspectingly arrive at any moment when you are ganking and be sure to be prepared for that situation.”
YoungTact says “His E is very telegraphed especially when he uses it from afar so be ready to W it. Can smite his passive boblets so if that can make all the difference in a skirmish for the heal/extra damage. Your early clear is faster/healthier as well so you have the advantage there and so is ur early game skirmishing. ”
wyjebnik2zuk says “pretty easy, the only thing you need to care about him is your positioning. If he stun-lock you and not allow to shield a carry in fight its pretty bad. ”
chakibxd says “Zac is one of the easiest matchup with nunu , they are good at ganking but in pure 1V1 they are nothing early on so abuse them by invading.”
Madabc says “Early game is easy, but late game before Lord doms purchase will be rough, but its not to terrible. The passive makes it annoying to get picks off late game. ”
Janooobi says “Exploiting Zac early will be crucial in the game, you need to keep track of him and counter gank when you can. Your Q cancels his E so always be ready to do that for your team”
officialwiseguy says “Just annoying. Dodge his stuff either with your Q or your high MMS. Can be hard to kill, go for easier targets. If he is in his Passive try to hit the parts ones let them get closer together and use your Q to hit all of them at ones, you can also use Smite, don't Q if there are alot of minions around cuz it'll delay your time u got to kill him.”
Consolo says “Can't stun his E, just try to take his camps early and mid until he's useless. Counterganking is hard, I usually just try to gank the other side of the map and steal his shit. ”
Scythe Prince says “Zac's ultimate is very strong, so beware of him. Wait until you get your form. Once you build mercury's treads, Goredrinker, Black Cleaver and Executioner's Calling he will be totally useless.”
Tiger-Moose says “Great ganks with a cc : damage : tankiness ratio I find silly. Other than that, he will not be an issue for you to deal with unless he is setting up a carry by cc-ing you with his E and Q.”
MrMeem45 says “Zac's ganks are strong, but his dueling sure isn't. He's vulnerable to being counterganked as a result. Hover around mid and wait for him to inevitably try to slingshot in, then kill him with your midlaner. After that, he can't do anything about you so just stick to his jungle like glue and peace out if his teammates ever get wise.”
Elekktro says “Zac is just a CC machine and with Viego's squishier build if Zac lands all his CC on you it's doomed. However once you get Lord Dominick's you can shred him. Play to scale and buy armor pen.”
J98TheGreat says “He isn't a horrible problem, but he can be strong in team fights. He can smite mid-air so expect it. His counter-gank capabilities are what you mainly need to be concerned about. If you feel like you can be ok against that, don't be surprised when you die unless there's a pretty big gold advantage on your side or if you're ganking a great Darius. If he builds Evenshroud you need to build it too.”
leoviniciux says “Tank que desfere pouco dano. Apesar de bons ganks, depende do time para ser efetivo na partida e pode ser facilmente counterado pela Vi desde o early game.”
Brosinex says “realmente tanky, pero no puede hacer tanto daño, todo lo que hace es emboscar, así que intenta contrarrestar los carriles en los que está emboscando tanto como sea posible.”
Da Mastah says “The problem isnt zac but his early gank potential which makes him so formidable, make sure you look to countergank him or counter jungle, punishing him for any gank he looks for. I would not recommend invading him unless he is very low to begin with.”
IMissedMyQ says “Zac is not as much a problem as other junglers since she can deal with his E quite easily. Cocoon or Rappel works to counter it nicely.”
Tchouvline says “Zac's kinda annoying with his R and E who can cancel your W but on early game you'll be safe on your jungle. Late game Zac is annoying, i recommand you going through a Liandry's Torment”
Doubtfull says “Use your movespeed to avoid getting caught by Zac e's. Use your early game strength to invade the Zac if you have the lane priority for it. He is weak until level 6.”
LordGrox says “Can be knocked up at any point while in mid-air. Abuse this and fight him. You should win pretty much every fight unless Zac has a big lead. Mind the tankiness.”
Riealone says “Try to dodge his E. Tanks are not really problem for you. But Zac is really strong teamfighter, so he is more of a threat for your team”
Veralion says “Zac is there to enable his team, not to do anything himself. He doesn't do much damage but brings a crapton of control and disruption to the table. You won't be able to do a damn thing for like 4 entire seconds if he lands on you and ults. Incredibly frustrating and obnoxious. On top of that the entire league playerbase seems to not know how far his engage range is, and your lanes will typically feed and flame like crazy before you are ready to fight. Without any hard CC you can't stop him from jumping away, so chasing after him is a waste of time. If you meet over a crab, just focus on securing it and go about your business. He can very easily countergank mid, so be careful when making a play in that lane. Save your smite to bop a bloblet once you and your team bring him down. Bonus points for being cheeky and saving it for the last one to "secure" it. You're a dragon, you deserve it! Failing that, if your E is coming up, hold it until the blobs group up and hit them all at once. With careful timing, a Zac may use his E to jump clear over objective pits and smite steal as he passes by. Don't let that happen to you. ”
Doubtfull says “Zac will usually start red and full clear to blue side. He likes to get low on his clear, and you can take advantage of this by full clearing your red side and then invading him at his wolves. Keep in mind lane priorities, and that they can teleport to his blobs to make him invulnerable. If they do this, he will still be one auto attack away from death, so you might be able to still kill him and get away. ”
FREAKSTAR says “Zac is extremely powerful right now, but he has 1 problem. His early game is weak, that plays perfectly into what you want.
In other words Zac can't stop you from scaling, so this becomes a SKILL matchup.”
Doubtfull says “Zac has 3 different ways to interrupt you post 6, builds MR VERY efficiently, and is all around a rough match up. He more than likely won't invade you early game though, which gives you a chance to scale up and get your lanes ahead.”
Arfreezy says “Among the tank junglers, Zac is one of the weakest early and can easily get bullied and pressured. Ignite and Phase Rush will help you bully him early and you can control both rivers and deny a lot of pressure from him since he can't ever 1v1 you. Look to use lane priorities to constantly invade him and put pressure to prevent his free farm and scaling which also helps your laners since they will know where he is and won't have to worry about ganks. He has a big level 6 powerspike, but by then you should be well ahead in exp, gold, or map pressure.”
Asternova says “RUNES: Conqueror. Phase Rush if necessary.
ITEMS: Morellonomicon. Demonic Embrace. Mercury's Treads if his team is full of CC.
GAMEPLAY SUMMARY: Zac has a surprising amount of damage for a tank, use your movement speed to dodge his E and Q, if he still manages to land Q on you, get out of it's range to break the tether so he can't pull you. You have a lot of tools to deal with tanks like him in the form of Q true damage and passive max HP damage, so he shouldn't be a huge threat.”
KamiKZ says “This match up is Graves favored. You should be able to always fight Zac at all stages of the game because he is just a tank with a little bit of cc and pretty much got no cc. Try to invade him early and contest some of his camps. Respect his cc though and respect priority on lanes since this might be the difference between surviving and doing a succesfull invade or dieing and giving the enemy team a free kill.”
SaltCat says “He beats you early game, just avoid him he is a tank anyway, you will most likely get a free level 6 because he doesnt invade most of the times”
Karasmai says “Just go Rhaast and team fight you can cancel his E with your W if timed well. You get exec and you can out-path him. You can get all the early objectives and win counter ganks, just be very cautious of his ulti and DO NOT let him pick up his blobs or else! ”
MexBookMaster says “Gankea muy bien pero juega Rhaast con Ingnite y sin problemas podrás matarlo debido a que depende de sus curaciones. Recuerda que su pasiva le permite revivir. Es un campeón con mucho CC pero farmeas mejor que el así que abusa de ello.”
UDYSOF_OCE says “Zac - Weak level 1 so he cannot punish Jarvan's poor level 1. Late game scaling tank which Jarvan can out pressure early and also scale into the late game while still being strong.”
ak521 says “Flinggg. Eatttt. Bounceee. Not a threat to you or your adc, he will never deal that much damage, just don't toss your bandage early. Strong in ganks and it may not be worth following, gank a diff lane at the same time. He's strong in team fights and has a ton of CC/peel so be aware of that, he's not exactly your job to deal with when it comes to fights.”
Rhoku says “He has a LOT of CC. Thankfully, no way to beat you. If caught alone, he is dead. No questions asked. You can also cancel his slingshot with your E so look forward to watching him think he can get away, only for you to pull him back in and kill him.”
DjapeFromSerbia says “Ton of CC, slows, chase potential, and can lock you down, ruining your triforce rush early game. More usefull than Hecarim in late game fights.
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AST Raposo says “He has more dificulty than you to clean jungle and don't have potential to kill you early game
probably the best matchup in jungle for you, But you should know he makes more than you for teamfights,so be careful.”
DjapeFromSerbia says “Not only he's tanky but just amount of the peel for carries he can offer is insane. Even though early game he won't gank just like you, he can gank more reliably in transition early to mid game.”
OsakaSatang says “Go Conc + sorcery to match his speed and counter gank.
he is tanky and has alot of CC and high mobility. very annoying. If enemy team has more cc, go merc threads.”
Lambda Diana says “One of the best tanks in the game as you see I didn't put many tank match ups in this guide. He wants mr and heals a lot he is just always stronger then you early game and late game. Get orb and void try to not get set behind and end early. ”
Ellesmere says “The blob is quite annoying since he jumps all over the place and you have to kill him twice. BUT, if you hold your stun til right before he tries to jump away, you'll stop his escape and you should kill him 1v1.”
Stratogos says “He is tanky af but not problem in terms of DMG. Dont start a fight if he is not in it cause he will jump in and ruin everythink.He needs help for objectives so if you have vision you can get an easy drake early ”
colingogo says “Most tanks let you freescale really easily but Zac does a good job denying you in mid/lategame fights with his obnoxious kit. Do not fight him without your ultimate.”
SketchtheHunter says “Eh, he's ok. He's not going to be super oppressive since he doesn't do much damage and doesn't have a lot of CC outside of his E, but he can hang in there long enough for his allies to roam. A decent ult target, tho. HP is always a nice stat to steal.”
Maintained says “While Zac is unable to kill you, it will be very difficult for you to do much to his allies when he is around. He has enough crowd control and disruption that you are unable to stick to his allies and get off free ults. ”
Suseri says “Just annoying. Dodge his stuff either with your Q or your high MMS. Can be hard to kill, go for easier targets. If he is in his Passive try to hit the parts ones let them get closer together and use your Q to hit all of them at ones, you can also use Smite, don't Q if there are alot of minions around cuz it'll delay your time u got to kill him.”
Irmike78 says “Easy to fight pre 6. As long as his team doesn't chain cc you then Zac is an easy opponent. IF HIS TEAM IS THERE then don't fight as he can open in with massive cc and win the fight. ”
RichMrFork says “Strong gank paths after level 4 when he has 2 points in his E. Warding entrances to his jungle is important to know a general location of where he is and where to be cautious of him. Buy healing reduction, his blobs that are tied to his passive start to give him an insane amount of healing later into the game.”
metalhydra273 says “Zac is beefy but after his cc is gone you can punish him for jumping in. It can sometimes be worth ulting him to limit his survivability as letting him pick up droplets can make him last way longer than he should. You can even punish him before he goes in by ulting him out of his e, but this is situational. It can also sometimes be best to interrupt his team from following up, so situational decision making is key here. Make too many wrong decisions and you'll have trouble here. Zac can get very hard to deal with if he snowballs early.”
Botta00 says “Zac and Rammus counter each other by denying each other abilities but zac has a higher win rate
(if you believe in the power of rammus you will win without problems)”
PulseBeat_02 says “You can black shield his ultimate and his grab (Q), but that's not the hard part. You need to make sure to use your black shield wisely here, because it is only available for a limited amount of time. Because Zac is a tank, definitely build Liandry's.”
InvictisOCE says “Zac is one of the easier matchups because he's super weak early game and can't invade you. You can invade him early game aswell, your clear speed is also faster than Zac's by alot so you can path to meet him and play for double crab. Red form into Zac is best because of the healing you get from him and the dmg. Blue is also okay because you're really mobile and he can't really get onto you but you can't kill him.”
Nanelol says “His passive makes him hard to invade early and he will be impossible to kill unless you are giga fed. His team fighting prowess vs your lack of team fighting makes this match up super annoying.”
Heccie says “He's so tanky late and does so much damage, try to invade him early if not get lord doms as fast as you can. after Essence reaver and your mythic, eclipse.”
uSgSello says “Losing matchup.
It is hard to counter jungle a Zac because he has a lot of sustain. Also if you will get him into his passive you can't kill him many times because his team rotate fast. That is why you should not waste time in his jungle. Zac has very strong counter ganks and has a high damage output.”
Smartest2 says “Zac is relatively easy to deal with. Unfortunately for him our w takes off a large chunk of his armor and we deal %health damage on every 3rd ability/auto. He may be able to apply more early game pressure, but he is also extremely susceptible to counter ganks. See if your teammate is in a position to back you up and take him out. His jump has a high cooldown, and by the time it's back up we can use our q to disrupt it.”
qosmox says “The only thing in Zac’s favour early game is his healing. So get the slowpush lvl 1, trade hard whenever you can and do not let him farm for free. Punish him constantly. And once you’ve taken him to half, do NOT let him heal up again with his passive. Keep the pressure up and stepping on his blobs. The only way you lose this lane is if you die to a gank, so remember to ward and respect the enemy jgl when he’s topside.”
BlackFalcon2005 says “He doesn't deal much damage, but he does tank like a mad man and his cc is pretty annoying. But your R can help you against him.”
Doubtfull says “This is a harder match up because Zac can easily get ontop of you and ruin your positioning. You also don't have the damage to kill him yourself. Be careful not to get caught out by his E and consider invading his blue before first scuttle.”
RedNBlue says “Very easy to kill earlier in the game, his first clear is very slow and annoying and you can easily invade his Jungle and kill him. Obviously watch out for the middle laner plus any other threats.”
EUWRATS says “Dodge his E to not get chained cc'd and make sure to focus the carries instead of tank zac because he can regen quickly, a good buy is executioners calling”
Strike1 says “Relatively easy matchup for kindred. Zac poses no real threat to you without his teammates assistance. You can avoid his jump with your own jump. You can slow and chase him if he ever goes onto you and fails. You melt him with my personal preference.
He can't really prevent you from getting stacks
Free scale for you and you win early duels.
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Kindredgarten says “He gets tanky but is not a threat to you personally. Be careful about ulting, you can save his blobs unintentionally. Invade him, you can dodge all of his abilities with your dash as well.”
Loul_60 says “Personally I hate Zac. It's easy for him to gank, he's almost impossible to kill if you don't go Red form as you have no hard CC to cancel his slingshot (though you can ult him to follow him which is fun). In the mid-game though, you should be able to beat him regardless of form.”
liserith says “Zac cannot duel you at any point in the game. Killing him early is a bit annoying however, thanks to his passive. Make sure to ward properly and ping wherever you last saw him, as his ganking is his only problem. Don't use your Q when he's tethered to you.”
Gumipapucs says “He can F your ganks up big time, but you can do that to him too. He is somewhat weak early and has a slow clear speed so you can abuse that but watch out as his blobs take forever to kill. You can smite a blob and instantly kill it, but otherwise he might just survive long enough to get help from his teammates. His presence is a good reason to buy a BotRK/Cleaver/Bloodrazor. You can dodge all his abilities and kite him to death, but he can become a real problem if he gets somewhat ahead so try to prevent his ganks, and force him into farming the jungle, which you will steal anyways. His clear speed gets much faster if gets a bami's cinder / complete JG item. He straight up sux at taking objectives, he needs help, so you can sneak 1 or 2 early drakes.”
ShadowCross says “He usually outfarms you and hes ganks are also stupidly broken and his E can get on you like a malph R. But If hes behind hes complete trash. ”
KeyTheMonolith says “Zac can be a real threat if hes on a team of squishys as you'll need to go blue kayn but he can peel and cc you but if not this should be a fairly simple matchup going red with the tank shred and sustained damage allows for easy fights when zacs in them allowing for a full hp regen when ulting zac.”
chevy the sloot says “Pretty annoying scaling tank that feels unkillable mid to late. His ganks are pretty braindead so ask your team to respect them. He's quote on quote weak but his ganks and free scaling are just too op into Eve.”
Shroomen Rider says “Shred him, shroom to hit his blobs when he dies. Don't put yourself in situations where getting hit with a Zac E will let the enemy team pick you off. ”
Tinjus says “You should be able to fight him with no problem, although it can be a bit harder if he gets the jump on you with E. He poses quite a threat in teamfights due to his disruption so try and stay away from him while he is using his ultimate.”
PsiGuard says “You can all-in him early, but once he has some armor he's much harder to fight. Use ult to countergank him or snowball elsewhere. Zac players often like ganking mid.”
ChaseMorePlz says “Interrupt his slingshot when he charges it up your Bandage toss. Step on his green blobs when he attacks and aim to stun him when he burns his engage abilities. Rush Liandry's Tourment to hard counter him as soon as possible and track him in the jungle. ”
ChaseMorePlz says “Be careful against this matchup, he has strong counter ganks. Kha'zix has an average 43.65% win rate while facing Zac in solo queue. ”
CaptianMike says “Difficult to kill and has better ganks than you do. Make sure you ward his camps so you can warn your teammates of his ganks! It is pretty useless to fight him because he is tanky and has escapes.”
waayWest says “Doesn't have a lot of kill potential of his own, and he will most of the time run away from you with his E anyways. It depends on the team how it goes.”
Wolf Rengar says “Recommended: Conqueror Rune Page/Build.
Tips: Invade in early , track his pathing and make sure to tell your laners about it.
Zac is not a bad matchup because when he fails early or you get ahead he becomes a free kill but you can't let him perma gank your laners.”
Get Ricked says “Zac is terrible in a 1v1 so you will win that troughout the entire game, however in 2v2 and skirmishes he can offer a lot of cc and offer his team the opportunity to kill you so watch out for that. He clears slow and not that healthy so try to invade him when you have the chance and kill him.”
G Spot God says “Last but not least is Zac. He's pretty good and is very annoying but like with most tanks, you can shit on him and outscale him hard. Cool tip, when he's slingshotting in, you can ult him.”
DarkAuraLOL says “Easy, you outclear him, you can 1v1 him early in jungle, spot him on map , ping your team, counter gank him , get ahea d of him, get mortal reminder and form and you're fine .”
KajiKumihoAkukei says “Zacis very strong right now, but he is still very weak in the early game. Try to invade him if you can and take as much of his camps as possible. If he falls behind he will take a very long time before he gets really tanky. ”
MetaSolaray says “His damage late game scales very well and his ganks are very strong. Make sure to bring tenacity and try to catch him attempting to get to ganks. HIs ability to fight you early and escape once he E's is very weak. Force objectives as he can't whenever he ganks especially if he's on the opposite side of the objective.”
DarkAuraLOL says “Easy, you outclear him, you can 1v1 him early in jungle, spot him on map , ping your team, counter gank him , get ahea d of him, get mortal reminder and form and you're fine .”
RedNBlue says “Lastly Zac of course I think it is so lets get on with this . His early game isn't too strong(Zac) so you can really mess him up. Its like picking Nasus into Renekton. Just don't let him get too tanky on you so keep killing him if you do it once.”
KaynPlayer814 says “You both AFK farm in the early game but he can beat you in 1v1s because he has some cc. You also have a faster clear then him. You just want to get RedKayn asap and he wont have a chance against you.”
Hidon1 says “Zac is a worse Nunu early. It is not a good champ before level 5. Make sure you stay active in the early game. because he can not help his laners that well. His jump range level 3/4 is tiny so do not be afraid of him counter ganking you level 3. If you do not get good ganks of early he will outscale you though. ”
J03B0B says “His passive makes him hard to invade early and he will be impossible to kill unless you are giga fed. His team fighting prowess vs your lack of team fighting makes this match up super annoying. ”
styllEE says “Darkin Kayn is in general really good into any tanks, some tank matchups can be a bit hard early on, but after form you should win the matchup 100% of times”
pltino says “Hard to play against Zac he has nice sustain and quite huge dmg. When you have match up against him, just focus on farming and ganking dont try to counterjungle unless he is dead or other side of the map.”
Maile says “Try to invade him early as much as you can with lane priority. If you can snowball, then the game is extremely easy. If you're forced into farming simulator, take his camps away because Zac cannot gank and farm. Disrupt his first clear and you can prevent your lanes from getting chain-ganked. ”
Connweasel says “I will find a vod of me doing this, but if Zac is looking to enagage, you can place yourself at the front of your team. If Zac jumps in, Reksai and use her W if burrowed and negate the jump in. Keeping your backline safe and allowing for you team to make quick work of Zac.”
CalicoCactus says “Rammus doesn't excel at fighting tanks, especially AP ones. Zac has a lot of CC, you beat him with your grievous but if he has his team you need to get out of there.”
Fresh Diamond says “Zac's main threat his abundance of CC, the gank potential of his E and his unexpectedly decent damage. A good Zac is a nightmare to deal with since he can so easily dive your backline and disrupt them without you being able to peel for them. His early clear is somewhat slow and weak, so try to invade him early on to get him behind.”
Minase says “Can be an absolute fucking terror despite not being a counter. His kit is extremely obnoxious and it's super hard to actually shut him down and kill him. Good news is you can scale for free for the most part and he can't really invade you so just ignore him as best as you can until mid-late game.”
FalleN3 says “Annoying champion that is not played too often at the minute. His ganks can be quiet powerful, especially as he can arrive into a lane from quiet some distance. He is tanky as hell and also has lots of CC, be careful as the game progresses and try to avoid his CC.”
Holessando says “Zac is a good jungler, but you should still easily kill him though. Always check if his passive is on cd. He doesn't have much damage, so you should be fine fighting him, he can do lot in teamfights though, make sure your team doesn't stack with each other, so he can't mass R on all of you. Also don't make him hit his E on you in early, it could lose your fight.”
KingStix says “Zac is strong late game but you will beat him early. Make sure you don't get hit by his CC in team fights and die before using your spells.”
metalhydra273 says “Zac's cc will be annoying but you should be able to play around him pretty well provided you don't get caught out. You could ult him if he wants to fly over you or you could just let him land and get him out of the fight quickly. Abuse early game pressure and look to pull ahead.”
NixLychee says “He's WAY too tanky for you to really do lasting damage to him, but he's not entirely your job anyways. If you go Rhaast you'll have an easier time against him.”
brSL7 says “Zac é um campeão tank sem muito dano. Mundo consegue solar o Zac em todos os momentos de jogo, pois quando mais vida o Zac fazer mais o dano Q do Dr Mundo vai dar, facilitando bastante as trocas.”
gurubashi35 says “Zac's main threat his abundance of CC, the gank potential of his E and his unexpectedly decent damage.
A good Zac is a nightmare to deal with since he can so easily dive your backline and disrupt them without you being able to peel for them.
His early clear is somewhat slow and weak, so try to invade him early on to get him behind.
Like with most other tank junglers, his objective damage is low, so sneak a few neutral objectives here and there.”
Ruffhsu says “His crowd control could be scary and his counter-ganks are strong but when his crowd control chain is over, he becomes relatively easy to kill. You can use your Q to avoid his E which would make your fight against him much easier. He is, however, a bigger presence in team fights. Go Red Kayn against him.”
chasemyman1 says “Horrible. He can counter gank you so easy with his slingshot. He has high Crowd Control and alot of sustain meaning you are oging to have a tough time. Try and track him in the jungle and play the opposite side of the map.”
reganakers says “Zac's early game is very bad. If you find him in his Jungle then you can easily 1v1 him. However Zac has his E so he can easily escape, and even if you do kill him, his passive can stall long enough for his teammate to arrive. His E is very telegraphed so you can R it easily.”
wild overload lol says “Zac é um campeão que possui um early game extremamente tranquilo por causa de sua passiva, o que torna o jogo mais difícil para tanto o Shaco quanto seu time, pois com o tempo ele vai assegurar o time inimigo inteiro e acabar com o jogo.”
Depresso says “Extremely broken champ currently.
He can snowball other lanes and becomes unkillable later on, and can use Daisy as a q land spot. Watch the daisy placement and be sure to deep ward unusual places where he might jump from if possible.”
PsiGuard says “Zac loves building Spirit Visage and high amounts of HP, so you're unlikely to get kills on him. He's also a better team fighter than you, so your best bet is to outplay him with ganks/counterganks and try to burst his backline when he engages later in the game. Don't try to kill him unless you have teammates that can help you finish him off.”
PsiGuard says “Pretty good matchup since you can interrupt his E and prevent him from effectively engaging. You outdamage him so you have kill potential if you ever catch him alone without his E to escape. You can also use your R to follow his E, just be careful you don't follow him into a tower or his team. Try and get an early lead and take jungle control because his 5v5 is much better than yours.”
KillyOne says “Even tho 1 on 1 fights with Zac are in your favor, his mobility, tankiness, crowd control and revive passive are just too good. He will rarely engage on his own, so you can safely assume that one of his teammates is coming to help him when he engages. His sustain is good in jungle, but he doesn't have all that much damage so he will not be soloing dragons or heralds. You could try to invade if given an opportunity.”
League Of Cursed says “From my experience, he out scales you in every stage of the game. He has a fantastic engage for team fights, and good map mobility with solid damage and sustain. Honestly, just try to peel him off your back line if you can during team fights. After that you can try to get their back line or clean up from there.
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Dopamine_influx says “Be in his face, kill him, cheese him on red (if he strarted blue), contest him on scuttles. You hard win 1v1. He's annoying in skirmishes with the perma CC though, but you can still win them if you played your early correctly and snowballed him. Red - blue - red works well against him, or reverse full clear into scuttle fight if he started red.”
CptTeemoOnDuty says “Trundle is very good against tanks, especially post 6. Just make sure to avoid some of the cc, also your pillar can interupt his jump if you hit it while he is charging. ”
Stiwy says “Not a big deal, just remember to get some healing reduction and you should be fine.
He is easily killable and his passive's respawn will hardly trigger against you.”
Xeldom says “Favorable match-up. Zac is fairly weak early and offers nothing in a skirmish. Make sure to mirror him and counter gank and contest scuttles. Do not let him take neutral objectives without being contested. ”
Jogress says “Zac is not a threat for you - he will have hard times landing his E on Lillia and she deals more damage in long perspectives. He is more dangerous for laners so help them”
AWierdShoe says “Very annoying to deal with. You'll want to try and invade his jungle early. You win 1v1s, but if he counter-ganks it will be quite difficult to duel. Try to get a good lead so that he doesn't become too tanky and too much of a CC monster in the late game. ”
DarkArbalist613 says “He si pretty weak early, so take advantage and invade and kill him. His E allows him to gank and Escape easily so counterganking after he uses if is extremely effective, try not to get hit by his knockup or displacement abilities”
Comrade Eshgrim says “He can't really kill you, but you can't really kill him either. Difficult to invade because he can escape quickly with his slingshot that you have no means to interrupt. Best just avoid him early to mid game, and keep your teammates alive with your ult when he sets up dives in teamfights.”
Zailent says “Easy matchup. Rhaast will seriously beat him up by his max hp dmg and healing. Shadow assasin can oneshot half of his hp. Just don't greed for him without a form, its a free kill for him or his team”
Omega Zero says “All Tank Junglers lead to Rhaast. Some aren't dangerous (like this boi), others like Sejuani can prove to be an issue. "Issue" is you can't damage them much, but it isn't YOUR job to kill tanks as SA now is it?”
MegaAlphaDog says “Zac's sustain, mobility, tankiness, cc and revive passive are just too op. He is very much a team player so don't expect 1 v 1's as someone will be hiding in the bushes. look to counter jungle when you see him on the opposite side of the map”
Hide on Nidalee says “Hard to kill on early because his pasive, and is the best tank on the jungle, so be careful and try to play arround drakes to win the game”
Kamisore says “You can look for early invades, but later on ask your laners to ward in areas where Zac can leap over. Watch out in teamfights because he can easily distrupt your engage with his kit.”
DarkPit59 says “Zac peut poser quelques problèmes à cause de ses contrôles de foule et de ses nombreuses possibilités de s'enfuir d'une situation délicate. Il est préférable de régulièrement apporter de la vision afin de préparer un counter-gank dont il aura des difficultés à survivre. Votre châtiment peut également éliminer instantanément un de ses 4 blobs.”
Fresh Diamond says “Annoying champion that is not played too often at the minute. His ganks can be quiet powerful, especially as he can arrive into a lane from quiet some distance. He is tanky as hell and also has lots of CC, be careful as the game progresses and try to avoid his CC.”
WickedPoppet says “From my experience, he out scales you in every stage of the game. He has a fantastic engage for team fights, and good map mobility with solid damage and sustain. Honestly, just try to peel him off your back line if you can during team fights. After that you can try to get their back line or clean up from there.”
LightBright9213 says “Just you but tankier depending on builds. Can outjungle you and outgank you if you fall behind. In teamfights try to use your R to yeet him into the enemy team.”
Thatskillz1291 says “Skill based match up, how you win this is by ganking more then zac, if the zac tries to counter this by ganking a lot too, only clear red buff and blue buff.”
Basics of Nunu by Thatskillz1291 | Nunu & Willump Player
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SavageFy says “Zac doesn't pose a threat until he completes his jungle item, and doesn't do a large amount of damage early. Majority of the time, Amumu wins the early duels against Zac.”
Sorrowful Prince says “Relatively slow early but really fast after cinderhulk. Abuse his early by ganking a lot and getting lanes ahead. In fights you can easily dodge his jump and either peel for your backline or dive his. If you manage to get 4 Items against him your true damage will hurt even him. This matchup gets easier the better your mechanics are.”
TrevorJayce says “With his cannonball countergank potential and free guardian angel passive, this champion is just annoying to deal with after the first 10 minutes when he starts to get tanky. Get him behind early and he'll be useless from minute 5 to 50.”
Morzanoth says “Since being nerfed, Zac is actually really easy to deal with now. He takes about the same if not more damage as you so you can look to abuse his early weakness with some help from your laners. You can dodge most of his abilities very easily but you dont want to stay colse to him for too long since his cooldowns are shorter than yours. In mid game, you want to ward over walls since he can engage from really far away. You best option is to try and pressure 2 lanes and when he engages, turn on him after he uses his ULT. If the game gets to late he can disrupt your very easily so just be careful when going in.”
Nico449c says “He got good base damage but hes weak to you invading him at lvl 3 since he does not have the best clear. So try invade him eventually countergank him but he will win a lot of counterganks. Since hes ganks is better than yours at lvl 4 + if hes played probably. So try invade him and not let him hit late game.”
KajiKumihoAkukei says “Zacis very strong right now, but he is still very weak in the early game. Try to invade him if you can and take as much of his camps as possible. If he falls behind he will take a very long time before he gets really tanky. ”
briguy1109 says “Easy to kill 1v1, but if your lanes are pushed with no vision, he will gank them endlessly, snowballing them. Win Condition:
You CAN NOT keep up with his ganks and just have ask your teammates to survive till late game. Beat him in farm, and do your best to track him and predict his next gank target .”
Marcua says “Zac is different from most tank junglers, since he often wont look to gank level 3, but instead do a full clear and get the second point in his E before starting to gank. Use this to your advantage. If he starts bot side, start top side and counterjungle him.
This match up wont be a problem for Nidalee at all, but be careful. If you don't close out the game, Zac will outscale you hard.”
MannerlessNG says “Worth mentioning him because Zac is another coin toss. Most players cannot play Zac to save their lives, but the ones that can are difficult to contend with. Do not try and foolishly chase him down, he is a cheeky git!”
Fabosch is Love says “You 1v1 him easily in early game. The prob is the chunk regeneration in mid/late game, when he has enough armor to denie your damage. Take care to ward, in order to engage enemy carries correctly. ”
The Top Bear says “Zac is easy to fight at most points in the game. Tank junglers got taken down pretty hard. Just be careful for counterganks and remember to ward up deep in his jungle since his ganks are pretty strong and long-range.”
Goku SSJ sensed your ener says “Avoid him, try to attack him when he leaps in because you can kill him. Watch out for team but you can kill adc before he can do anything.”
eastya says “You're able to cancel his leap with unburrow. His tankiness is a threat to you because you cannot burst him down like any other squishy champions.”
TheDrKlord says “He's a tank, Zac shouldn't have enough damage to kill you, so invade him and trade for free [[the darking scythe]] Orbs, be careful if her team mates come help him, you'll be in trouble.”
Simphoria says “He's not really a threat but I absolutely dislike this matchup. He can out gank us, out farm us, remains healthier, can engage like us (though a bit worse), team fight well, is tanky with a nice chunk of damage, he is almost like a better version of us. I always feel like I am behind when I play against him. I like the challenge but man it feels like I am playing against a champion like mine but who is just better overall. There's not much counter play so it can be annoying. Best advice is to gank often and engage in fights when you can as that's the only aspect you have a clear advantage for.
Even though he's not a "threat", he is definitely one of my least liked matchups. ”
Mkcls says “Depends on Zac. Just dodge his Stun and Q, you should be able to kill him. Remember to use your W on his passive, so it will damage all the green blops. ”
McDank says “A good Zac will build full health against you so you wont be able to steal any defences from him. He is also an excellent bait because of his passive so try to keep track of that before you decide to engage him. You can pillar him out of his jump even is hes in the air if you hit it correctly.”
Laverenz says “Run. Run. Run. He has so much CC and you're easily caught off guard. If he hits you with his q and you're close to something like a minion, ally, ward or turret he can get that tiny knock up on you, which will then lead to an ult right into their team. You will get focused, simply because you're their main threat, when you get ahead. Twitch is easy to shut down, as his Q is rather easy to detect and you're SUPER squishy.”
VapoSK says “He will survive your combo easily and has good sustain along with his passive. His counter ganks are deadly to you. KIll him early with help from laners before be gets too tanky, Dont bother invading and build accordingly.”
CryAwake says “Can be tricky to kill mid to late game make sure to use you steadfast presence very smart as it can easily change the game for both team, be smart.”
SexyKungFu says “PASSIVE HEALING IS BROKEN, Q IS CC FOREVER, W DAMAGE IS BROKEN (8% MAX HEALTH MAGIC DAMAGE ON A 2 SECOND COOLDOWN BY THE TIME YOU CONSISTENTLY FIGHT HIM). E AND R ARE VERY ANNOYING”
Eqxilibrium says “Similar to Sejuani, In the mid game, Zac will want to be more proactive than you, but he will outscale you in the late game, so make sure you're really active in the early game.”
The Jhin Cena says “If he's AP you shouldn't have too much of an issue, however if he's building tank then you should be cautious when engaging, especially in team fights. His CC can make you vulnerable during teamfights and it will take forever to kill him. Try buying Void Staff when facing a tank Zac. Also I think Zhonya's can counter his ult (I haven't faced a reworked Zac with Amumu yet).”
Bombabo says “While you won't be able to burst him, his weak early game means he wont pose a threat to you. You may even be able to 1v1 him in some circumstances”
Killerbacca10 says “Even matchup. Skill matchup. When his passive starts just ult and wipe him out. Make sure to counter gank and not let yourself be counter gank. Take as many dragons as possible because he cant stop you.”
HAMMERSLAYER says “A very active jungler that will rush some early levels and then attemp to gank any lanes availiable to him, he can babysit any lane and gank from weird paths that are closed to other junglers, its very important to have vision of him in order to avoid and counter his ganks, he can be easily 1v1ed but he will manage to run away most of the times.”
LixoPanado says “Can stop you in your ult, in dueling generally it's kind of a stalemate, most likely none of you will die, but he has the upper hand in longer fights.”
lolWillieP says “Easy to invade, hard to teamfight against. Invade him as much as you can, but if the game gets into a teamfight oriented game you auto-lose”
BurstTheBots says “Is very difficult to escape from and his ganks are very unpredictable because his E can be cast from a pretty long range and what makes it worse he can ult you to bounce you back over to his teammates or away from your teammates and can pick you off.”
bluejaypig says “Keep his passive in mind and once you have bloodrazor it should be easy. Edit: In team fights try to alpha his q and ult lockdown after the update or you will be destroyed.”
BigBadVoodo says “We can easily cheese him at early stages. Smiting his passive blobs helps us pick up the kill early. It's hard to play against him when behind (like with every tank) but it's easy to stay ahead of him.”
LePlay says “He´s (literally) pretty squishy early on, and relies on his E to start fights. Block it with your W and stun him with your E-Q combo whenever possible. You can also cancel his E while he´s charging it by displacing him with your E ”
kkiskk says “This jelly monster will smash you if you don't build MR. You either call ganks frequently or build MR boots and spectre's cowl before completing youmuu's. Try to dodge his E knock up. Walk on his jelly parts so he can't heal from that. It will be a hard time for you to lane with this monster as he is tanky and large in size. Your harass will do no damage to him if he build armor (he usually will), it's like you poke your spear into a jelly (it's true). Get executioner's calling first item. Watch out for his R if you're near enemy turret.”
Slykku says “You can't kill this dude his clear is not that fast so if you want you can do a vertycal counterjungle[ your Blue - His Red in early game, trying to kill him require a lot of time, so his team will be able to join him and f*** you up. ”
Loul_60 says “Zac is a very easy matchup for Kayn. Like most tank junglers, he lacks damage and 1v1 potential. Take advantage of this and pick potential fights - Just be wary of roams, especially from champions like Talon, to assist the Zac.
Your good AoE damage also helps you combat Zac's passive because you can take out his slimeball things that revive him. ”
L3gislacerator says “He has a better engage and teamfight potential, but not nearly as much damage as you. Use your ultimate once he bounces in to prevent follow-up.”
Exhiled says “Keep his passive in mind and once you have bloodrazor it should be easy. Edit: In team fights try to alpha his q and ult lockdown after the update or you will be destroyed.
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Morzanoth says “You can look to pressure zac out early. He is get's quite low in his first clear so you can look to invade him with your laners and shut him down. Always ward over walls because his E has a really long range. Late game you need to ensure he can't get behind you or he is locked down if he does. His ult can mess with your team's fighting ability as he can force you into a bad position.”
Top Lane (17%)
Zac Top Lane Counters: 31,73215,88612,7022,572357215 matches, 63 counter champions
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Tips Against Zac in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
stefanko says “Abuse him level 1 , look to deny him xp and snowball before he gets level 6. (lethal tempo)”
Pep_Shin says “Like Maokai he relies on spamming knockups to fight. Once your R up, he can only E away.
Be careful before 6 as he can sustain a lot a kill him once he E in once lvl 6.”
lorensj81 says “This is an easy lane if you play around his spells, he will likely E you from fog of war, and if he does it while you are under his tower, he can kill wave and R you so you just take turret aggro and die. Play it smart.”
Azekar says “Conqueror+Bone Plating.
Start Doran Ring.
Ghost+Teleport or Ignite+Teleport.
Anybody pick this guy top? Very easy matchup, just kill him at the earliest opportunity. Nothing more. Just watch out for his Q so he doesn't get stunned and then a full combo. Then it can deal quite a bit of damage.
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Night Guy says “Just knock him back when he engages with his E with your W and just beat him up. Try to pop his things though do not let him heal back up.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Summoner Spell: Ignite or Teleport]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring]
[Free lane]
[Constantly poke him with your Q]
[Ask for your jungler to remove his passive so you can kill him much easier]”
LeyzeHP says “(Jng/Top) Zac! He's one of the champs i played the most! If you are facing him in the jungle you have to invade him a lot and set him behind, he can't do that much if he's not a little F4ker. LT is good as for elettrocute go for eclipse into lord dominik. If you are facing him in the toplane rush 800g antiheal and go for BORK. When you invade him save 4th stack to block his E with your empowered E.”
Smudey says “Zac scales extremely well, but his early game suffers from it. You shouldn't respect him unless he uses Q on a minion and wants to Q you so he might cancel your taunt. Try to freeze the wave if possible.”
kajinator says “Conqueror and Flash + Ignite. Zac is a weak tank. You should be able to kill him at any stage of the game. Post 3 you can all in him whenever you want and you just win with ignite. He is a better team fighter than you because of his ridiculous ult but other than that, you should have no problem beating him in side lane, CS, and XP.”
SrMolinv says “Un pick bastante exotico. No se suele ver pero si alguien sabe lo que hace puede ser muy molesto. Es un campeon que para lo tanque que es pega demasiado. Podemos cancelar su salto con la 3Q y la carga de su salto si quiere escapar con la 3Q o la W.”
NegativePhoenix says “He. Is. Insanely. Annoying. The meta for Zacs has mostly been full AP health tank or a hybrid Tank/AP build that makes them do heavy damage while also tanking your whole team. Honestly, if you're against a Zac, just try to dodge his E engage and mow him down quickly if you don't get melted right away. You definitely need a good team nearby. His passive healing and Q got some buffs to help him out a bit, so just watch yourself when he goes for his healing with blobs.”
CosmicTurtle88 says “No one plays this anymore but he shouldn't be a threat, take good trades and be careful of jungle ganks because his setup is insane. Just perma farm Grasp and poke him out. Contest his
blobs because you're stronger and he actually damage himself with his skills if he doesn't pick them up. ”
TENTAKILL ILLAOY says “Топлейн сопля, хороший тим файте, легчайший лайн, бойтесь его лесника. До лвл 3 он вас может выиграть в трейде, шотнуть вы его не сможете, играйте аккуратно.”
7EyesNoSkills says “You can dodge his E and Q but if he ults, you can't escape it. TIP: When you activated his passive, stack 1 spear in all of his cells, when all of them near Q+E and kill him easily. [Jungler]”
VituVonDoom says “A rare appearance in top, but one that can easily ruin your day. Be ready to juke his E, he will try to jump from a blind stop to start trading. Zac has insane healing, rush antiheal and the cheese of his Conq+W spam should be a bit less annoying. Go Conq or FS, make him regrett ever trying to start a trade against you”
queen_rane says “[Ghost/Ignite + Flash] Tank matchup, you pretty much just win. If he ever stands next to you and you manage to proc your passive he just dies because he can't jump away since you can just cancel it with your E.”
Alan234 says “Go the standard PTA build.
Consider swiftness boots + w max second and oblivion orb. Prioritize csing later on over trying to kill him, it can be very risky.
The lane is going to be really easy initially, but later on he can engage on you at any time with maxed out e and set up a ton of ganks and there is no real counterplay. ”
lolkayleee says “[Ghost/Ignite + Flash]
Tank matchup, you pretty much just win. If he ever stands next to you and you manage to proc your passive he just dies because he can't jump away since you can just cancel it with your E. ”
vitanker says “Aatrox has a 53.4 percent winrate against Top Lane Zacs. Ganks aren't going to do anything to you. Don't be scared of Zac unless he has ultimate.”
Raen says “Step on his blobs that he spawns to not let him heal for free. Get antiheal. Try to get his passive down then for the second try hes easier to kill for 5 min. You can stop his E with ur E. You can cheese him lv 1. Try to keep ur Q for his E.”
xPetu says “Tips: Your W technically blocks his Q2, but he can prevent this by hitting Q1 on you can Q2 on a minion, instead of the other way around. Try to step on his Passive blobs to prevent him from healing. His knock-ups interrupt your E.”
Anoying bro5 says “Fairly easy match up once you buy Executionars calling. Q poke him early. Look to parry his E jump or the second part of his Q to stun him. Late game he will be harder to kill, but focus the squishes on the team first. Your ult does % health damage so he should not be an issue lvl 6+”
Sovereign Kitten says “It's pretty hard to follow up on Zac's ganks since he is easily able to leap over multiple walls and gank from unlikely areas (tri-bush walls) so try and get some good deep vision of his jungle so you can try to follow up.”
Phrxshn says “Step on Zac's Blob Chucks to prevent him from healing via his Cell Division(Passive). Dodge his Stretching Strikes(Q) and trade with him. Juke or Dodge his Unstable Matter(W). Should be noted his W gives him extra movement speed if cast next to minions or monster camps. Dodge or Juke his Elastic Slingshot(E). Step on his Blobs with your Poison Trails on while he casting Let's Bounce(R) as he will gain extra Blob spawns. (Recommended Items: Demonic Embrace) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Singed if he steps on Blobs) (Mega Adhesive prevents casting on Elastic Slingshot or his jump) (Fling overrides and cancels Elastic Slingshot)”
quinn adc says “Early game play aggro, and save E to cancel his E jump.
If you only use E to cancel his E, then he is useless and can't do anything in laning phase.
Use your range advantage to bully him, and scale up your tank shred items to stomp him later on in the matchup.
Step on blobs to prevent his healing whenever you can.
Ignite early during an all-in to prevent his blob healing”
slogdog says “Very annoying, as he has a lot of healing and cc, making him powerful with ganks. Also has a jump that can make him pretty much just leave any scenario he wants. One thing you should abuse in the matchup is the fact that your W displaces enemies, meaning you can W on the side of it to push him and to cancel his E.”
Phrxshn says “Step on Zac's Blob Chucks to prevent him from healing via his Cell Division(Passive). Dodge his Stretching Strikes(Q) and trade with him. Juke or Dodge his Unstable Matter(W). Should be noted his W gives him extra movement speed if cast next to minions or monster camps. Dodge or Juke his Elastic Slingshot(E). Step on his Blobs with your Heart Zapper on while he casting Let's Bounce(R) as he will gain extra Blob spawns. (Recommended Items: None) (Outscaling Edge: Dr.Mundo) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Dr.Mundo if he steps on Blobs) ”
Phrxshn says “Step on Zac's Blob Chucks to prevent him from healing via his Cell Division(Passive). Dodge his Stretching Strikes(Q) and trade with him. Juke or Dodge his Unstable Matter(W). Should be noted his W gives him extra movement speed if cast next to minions or monster camps. Dodge or Juke his Elastic Slingshot(E). Step on his Blobs with your Frozen Domain on while he casting Let's Bounce(R) as he will gain extra Blob spawns. (Recommended Items: None) (Outscaling Edge: Trundle) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Trundle if he steps on Blobs) ”
Phrxshn says “Step on Zac's Blob Chucks to prevent him from healing via his Cell Division(Passive). Dodge his Stretching Strikes(Q) and trade with him. Juke or Dodge his Unstable Matter(W). Should be noted his W gives him extra movement speed if cast next to minions or monster camps. Dodge or Juke his Elastic Slingshot(E). Step on his Blobs. While he is casting Let's Bounce(R) as he will gain extra Blob spawns. (Recommended Items: Blade of the Ruined King) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Singed if he steps on Blobs) ”
Phrxshn says “Step on Zac's Blob Chucks to prevent him from healing via his Cell Division(Passive). Dodge his Stretching Strikes(Q) and trade with him. Juke or Dodge his Unstable Matter(W). Should be noted his W gives him extra movement speed if cast next to minions or monster camps. Dodge or Juke his Elastic Slingshot(E). Step on his Blobs with your Auto Attack Spacing on while he casting Let's Bounce(R) as he will gain extra Blob spawns. (Recommended Items: None) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Sett if he steps on Blobs) ”
The Real Fake says “You out damage him, better clear, his ganks are slightly better but you can always counter gank him. Everything he excels at (ganks, teamfighting, tanking), you can do almost as well. Everything you excel at, (fighting, clearing, splitpushing) you do far better than him.”
YasTilt says “Really annoying Matchup because he keeps Regenerating. Basically don't let him Land his Q's on you. Ward bushes so he can't Knock you Up by surprise. Take Anti-Heal and if he's too Tanky you can buy The Collector.”
PK Noob says “His CC is easily avoidable and you can easily kill Zac with your true damage. When he uses his Ultimate, dash away from him and create some space.”
Psychopathic Top says “More or less a free farm lane. Be careful of his unexpected damage. If not comfortable with the matchup, go lucidity and kindle then afk farm entire lane phase. Should win teamfights because you SHOULD come out of lane with a huge amount of stacks in this lane.”
Vandenelis says “you can cancel his e jump if you q in the place he will land, you can also cancel it by w him before he starts the jump. He can do some decent damage since he does about 4% of ur max hp with each mini explosion he does”
Jaori says “Picking Zac versus Trundle is a suicide. Not only you stop his only engage ability, you are also able to steal all his stats with your ultimate. Freelo.”
majororange77 says “Full info in Guide.
His ganks are pretty good, and his E is hard to cancel with your E. Don't let him get on to you and you can shred him.”
tibs2 says “The rare Executioner's Calling match up. W his e free win. Late game he really cannot do anything because his whole kit revolves around getting onto the backline and w prevents that from happening.”
Lost Robot says “The most difficult jungler for Tahm to deal with, even if you're not the jungler. The most dangerous form of CC for Tahm is knockups, and Zac is loaded with them. Knockups can't even be reduced via tenacity, so Merc Treads won't help with that. You'll want to play around your team a bit more if he's on the enemy team, it'll be more dangerous to be solo after laning phase.”
MarkFromSingedMains says “You can cancel his E with your W, sleeper champion so you're unlikely to bump into him on ladder. He doesn't do enough damage and his E is easy to dodge so don't get scared when he flies into lane.”
iZeal says “Step on his blobs so he can't heal. Use your E to interrupt his E (you have time until he actually hits the ground so unless you play with a 200ms ping you will always be able to deal with it), be wary of his passive being up if you want to get a reset. You can get anti-healing but it's not really needed in lane.
DBlade, Phage/Executioner's if struggling”
Saarlichenbog says “Zac also falls under the category of tank with lots of CC and sustain but heavy reliance on his E to get on top of Kalista. Having a good grasp on Kalista's passive mechanic and reading his moves is going to set you up for success, as well as the fact you outscale him outside of teamfights.”
Randombeastmode says “Don't get combo'd
Start D-Blade, dodge his abilities, look for extended trades if you dodge his E and Q.
Don't short trade into him under tower, he might kill you with the pull since you pulled tower aggro”
TangoVallhala says “Poke him, he has really good sustain, let him shove you, dont all in him without ult, unless you set up a nice combo, keep distance.”
ERNESTSAURUS says “CONQUEROR / SPELLBOOK SETUP - DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS OR CULL + POT =
Zac top used to be a popular pick with Conqueror since gained so much healing of his Passive Chunks but similar to Yorick, he struggles a lot with the new BORK + Black Cleaver Bruisers. In laning phase he doesn't have that many ways to punish you if you play behind your wave, if you disrespect his damage and go for an unnecesary minion close to him, he wins the trade if not kill you, sit behind minions and wait for his Aoe abilities to push the wave. Once you hit lvl 6 and Sheen power spike you can start doing short trades since trying to extend trades is rather difficult due to how fast he can disengage with E, by doing short trades, he can't pull out the "bait your R and then E out" technique and he also has a really long cooldown on his E (24 seconds cooldown lvl 1). Later on to the game, since he becomes so tanky and has such a good engage, look to splitpush and force him to match you in the side lane to negate his utility, usually he will never have enough damage to poke you out of the split nor laning phase (if played properly) so he will ask for help to his teamates, be prepared for 1v2 or 1v3 scenarios. Make sure to build Bramble Vest and try to step on his Chunks to reduce his healing as much as possible.”
Grayified says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start. You beat zac in allins because he simply cannot deal enough damage to you. He has decent disengage with his jump, but his jump is a long cooldown. If he is playing very safe, buy a tiamat and shove him in constantly because zac will have a hard time farming under turret and this will give you an opportunity to ignore him and get plates or take small auto attack+spin out trades. In the mid-late game zac becomes very tanky and can disengage a dive, but his cooldowns are long so you might be able to reengage the dive after walking out of turret range if you managed to keep your ultimate up. If you find him away from his turret and you have multiple points in your w slow there is a good chance you can chase him down.”
Mrobby says “Zac is very strong in current patch, his team fighting is very strong but he lacks the sustained damage to take down graves, also pre-level 6 he is very easily punishable by invades. black cleaver and grievous wounds shuts him down hard.”
Angela du Seithr says “Zac est chiant, ce n'est pas nouveau, mais surtout c'est un très bon duelliste là où on ne s'y attend pas. Énormément de CC non réductibles et la capacité de forcer la main pour la positionnement. Il faut toujours surveiller les bushs et les sorties de lanes et éviter au maximum de le laisser mettre le combo. En dehors de ça, vos dégâts en % de PV couplé à un Morellonomicon pour l'empêcher de régénérer sur ses blobs l'ennuiera assez vite.”
Nicklstherealone says “A MOBILE AND TANKY JUNGLER THAT MEANS: LONG FIGHTS AND GOOD ENGAGE / OR ESCAPE ABILITIES. BASICALLY YOU CAN WIN A 1V1 BUT THERE IS ONE MORE TOPLANER AND ITS A 2V1 MOST LIKELY. TIP: BUY CONTROL WARDS AND WARD WELL THEN YOU CAN DOTCH HIS GANKS. ”
TakeLPlease says “Zac can pull and move you. As you try to brush hop or ultimate, he can bring you under turret or into a gank. If possible try staying away from him or don't use brush hopping or ultimates to your advantage against him.”
Skullsunderer says “Rare to see him top but it does happen. Check to see if he has passive before you ult because it won't kill him and won't get you the passive reset. Spin to kill all blobs fast.”
As a Support (11%)
Zac As a Support Counters: 21,05911,2988,1531,37416173 matches, 46 counter champions
Counter RatingCounter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
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Tips Against Zac as a Support Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Rebaulten says “Hard lane. Focus on staying back and look to get glacial augment”
Amelioratelol says “Pulling a Zac means he's gonna look to ult the backline, but if you're a God Blitzcrank you can knock him up mid-air to cancel his knock-up. And if you are on top of him and if he has E up still, just hold your CC to cancel his E-channel.”
Fenreee says “|||JUNGLE||| Zac's jump can be cancelled with Q and R, however he still has his Q and R, meaning you'll have to dodge his Q aswell to not get stunlocked and killed. I think Zac is a very dumb champion to face because you technically counter him but he also oneshots you if you don't play it literally perfectly. This is referring to his tank build. If he buys Night Harvester he can oneshot you with Flash+R and E spam, while waiting for another W at point blank which you'll have trouble doing much to. You can invade Zac pretty well and he has a hard time catching you in his Jungle and he generally can't kill you till he snowballs. However he always seems to snowball and make life miserable for any team reliant on squishies. If you don't seem to struggle with Zac getting fed then by all means try to invade and put him behind, but if your experience with this champion is similar to mine you should probably just dodge unless you have a Vayne or a tank-shredding Bruiser. ”
PypoulaPyp says “Zac Support is rare but counters very well Ezreal support. He has the reach to stun you and if you use your E to escape, we'll just grab you and stun you......... He's probably the greatest threat to you so poke him and pray you can escape with your E if he go IN.”
Lugos says “He has great damage and very hard engage. Always stay aware about his possibilities to jump in, that is his main source of carrying the fights.”
Jageiko says “Zac has THE most predictible dash in the game for you to cancel. Care, he can still flash R and CC you and your ADC anywa pretty easily. Dodge his Q right after your W stopped him. Step on his blobs. Antiheal can help.”
unhben says “Zac is the only other real threat I have found in some brief play testing. His ability to surprise you over walls and overtake you in a fight disables your ability to zone and apply pressure and slows to the enemy team by forcing you to stay farther back. The only real counter is ward up and be aware of his location mid to late game. Swapping to a Farsight ward may also help in this case.”
Arcurath says “Pretty op counterpick to Zilean in the support role or even jungle. He has a long range fast engage that you cant cancel - he can then CC lock you for a few seconds where you cant use your ult.”
KeleiX13 says “Zac doesn't have as much threat level 1 so go aggressive but not too aggressive since he can still jump on you if he starts E. You have to react fast when he charges up his E otherwise you will probably get hard chunked or even die. He is easy to kite so the key to this matchup is spacing and quickly running out of his Q range if he Q's you. ”
Starchase says “Never detach from your ADC, even early on, he has a lot of underrated damage.
Care about the bushes, he can try to jump from them to all in you.
Care about dives at lvl 3-6, his passive pretty much gives him another life.
You outscale him.”
Bear Gummies says “Zac's only role in support is to use his elastic slingshot to engage. Fortunately, it's really easy to interrupt with howling gale, so unless there's a jungle gank, you should be fine in this matchup.”
itizhelia says “Rarely picked, really rarely picked, but be careful with his bush cheese jumps since those can be painful, but your kit is literally made to dodge the engages or cuck him.”
Navn says “You can't interrupt his Jump very easily, unless you ult (which is a hard timing), and even if you do, his whole purpose was to get into your team anyways. Once he's level 5+, it becomes extremely difficult to play the lane safely and ward safely. The best you can do after he jumps in, is W him just before he lands, so that his follow-up is easier to dodge (his Q). ”
GejLordRobinSon says “Not big deal but annoying. If you don't run it down, he can't kill you. But also be aware of his passive, run before his teammate help him.”
SnakeTastic says “has alot of cc can escape fast enough from tower with his slingshot when you pull him into a tower but cant do much damage against you”
Mickeystick says “This champion is fantastic in the bot lane, but the takes a while to come online. Tanky, high crowd control, okay damage. He will focus you instead of your carry since you can't escape very well.”
Vermeio says “Stop his jump with your W. Usually he don´t do much more to make him a treat, but you GOT to stop that jump, after, just try to make him not reach your adc, and he will do the job.”
Middle Lane (10%)
Zac Middle Lane Counters: 18,8879,4307,2571,87924774 matches, 58 counter champions
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