Nilah vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Nilah
based on 1,380 Nilah vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here show some important Nilah versus Zac counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Zac. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in deaths.
Nilah often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Typically, they takes less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Zac
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Who is Better, Nilah or Zac?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when playing against Zac, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes an ok counter to Zac.
While Nilah does have a lower winrate compared to Zac, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Zacas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a somewhat poor counter for Zac. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nilah in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah typically racks up more CS compared to Zac. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nilah versus Zac build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better against Zac than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 49.3% battling Zac with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Zac as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Nilah vs Zac fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zac as Nilah are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.