Azir vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Azir
based on 1,655 Azir vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Zac
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
Advice to Win Against Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Azir vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Azir in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Azir against Zac counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac..
Azir normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Zac
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Who is Better, Azir or Zac?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zac, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Azir makes an ok counter for Zac.
While Azir does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when facing one another, Azir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Zacas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Azir vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter for Zac. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir often picks up more CS as Zac. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Azir versus Zac build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Azir used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Zac than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Azir had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Zac with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Zac as Azir, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Azir vs Zac face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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