Nasus vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Nasus
based on 2,448 Nasus vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Zac
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Nasus against Zac matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Nasus often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Zac
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Who is Better, Nasus or Zac?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nasus usually loses when trying to fight Zac, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Nasus does have a lower winrate than Zac, when facing one another, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nasus into Zac.
Additionally, Nasus also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus 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 allies during team fights.
Nasus is a trash counter to Zac. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nasus to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average picks up more CS compared to Zac. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nasus versus Zac build include Thornmail, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Zac than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 47.1% battling Zac with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Zac as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nasus vs Zac counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.
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