Darius vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Darius
based on 3,208 Darius vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Zac
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Darius in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Darius versus Zac counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Darius typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Zac
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Who is Better, Darius or Zac?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when playing against Zac, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Darius makes a bad counter for Zac.
While Darius does have a lower winrate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Darius into Zac.
Additionally, Darius has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Darius is a terribly counter for Zac. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius often picks up more CS compared to Zac. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Darius versus Zac build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Zac than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Zac with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Zac as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Darius vs Zac clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zac as Darius are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.