Caitlyn vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Caitlyn
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Caitlyn vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Zac
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Caitlyn vs. Zac counter stats that may help you understand the differences between these two champions. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Caitlyn typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Zac. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Zac
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Zac?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Caitlyn into Zac.
Moreover, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a terribly counter to Zac. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often picks up more CS as Zac. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Zac build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Zac than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Zac with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Zac as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Caitlyn vs Zac battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.
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