Irelia vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Irelia
based on 2,282 Irelia vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Zac
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Irelia versus Zac matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zac. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in deaths.
Irelia normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Zac. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Zac
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Who is Better, Irelia or Zac?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when trying to fight Zac, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a bad counter to Zac.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Zac, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Irelia into Zac.
Furthermore, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Irelia is a bad counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue 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 should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average racks up much more CS relative to Zac. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Zac build include Sterak's Gage, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Zac than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when playing against Zac with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Zac as Irelia, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Irelia vs Zac matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.
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