Katarina vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Katarina
based on 2,946 Katarina vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Zac
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Katarina in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several vital Katarina versus Zac matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in killsdeaths.
Katarina typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Zac. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Zac
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Who is Better, Katarina or Zac?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Katarina does have a lower winrate than Zac, when facing one another, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Katarina into Zacas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Katarina is a garbage counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically racks up more CS compared to Zac. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Katarina versus Zac build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Zac than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Zac with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Zac as Katarina, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Katarina vs Zac LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zac as Katarina are shown for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.