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How to Win Lee Sin vs Zac Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Zac

How to Beat Zac as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zac as Lee Sin

based on 2,493 Lee Sin vs Zac matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of rated League games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Zac as Lee Sin resulted from an examination of 2493 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against one another. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Lee Sin fights Zac in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Lee Sin vs Zac Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin does a awful job of countering Zac. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.7% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Lee Sin against Zac games, Lee Sin’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Zac.

Best Lee Sin vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelTrinity ForceSterak's GageDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lee Sin to level upq
>
Second ability for Lee Sin to level upw
>
Last skill for Lee Sin to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lee Sin's passive ability p
Lee Sin's q ability q
Lee Sin's w ability w
Lee Sin's e ability e
Lee Sin's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Zac as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Zac

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

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.

Lee Sin vs Zac Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Zac Image
6.8
< Kills >
4.6
6.2
< Deaths >
4.8
8.5
< Assists >
11
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.07
35
< Minions Killed >
61
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
1
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.43
13,740
< Physical Damage >
1,440
2,930
< Magic Damage >
14,981
1,592
< True Damage >
1,094
18,263
< Damage Dealt >
17,516
35,706
< Damage Taken >
40,229
11,606
< Gold Earned >
10,721
1.38
< Towers >
1.57
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
17,058
< Total Healing >
42,407
12,996
< Experience >
13,010
25
< Vision Score >
23
11
< Wards Placed >
8
447
< Time Dealing CC >
444

How to Counter Zac with Lee Sin in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Lee Sin against Zac counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac..

Lee Sin often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Lee Sin and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Zac

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Zac?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter for Zac.

While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Zac.

Additionally, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin 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 teammates during late stage team fights.

Lee Sin is a bad counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Zac.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Zac Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zac as Lee Sin, we analyzed 2,493 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zac as Lee Sin comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Lee Sin 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin often picks up less CS as Zac. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Zac build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Zac than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 46.7% battling Zac with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zac as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Zac clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.

If you need to see Lee Sin versus Zac tips and builds for a an individual skill level, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the statistics and guides given are computed using every round finished with these champs.