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How to Win Tristana vs Zac Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Zac

How to Beat Zac as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zac as Tristana

based on 2,652 Tristana vs Zac matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Zac as Tristana resulted from an analysis of 2652 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Tristana encounters Zac in only 2.1% of her games.

Tristana vs Zac Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a pathetic job of beating Zac. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Tristana versus Zac matches, Tristana’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Zac.

Best Tristana vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsPhantom DancerKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowRapid FirecannonInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
>
Second ability for Tristana to level upq
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Zac as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Zac

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

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.

Tristana vs Zac Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Zac Image
7
< Kills >
4.6
6.4
< Deaths >
4.6
5.6
< Assists >
11.1
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
170
< Minions Killed >
58
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
1.03
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.45
17,725
< Physical Damage >
1,417
2,213
< Magic Damage >
14,749
1,023
< True Damage >
1,089
20,962
< Damage Dealt >
17,257
21,914
< Damage Taken >
39,739
12,372
< Gold Earned >
10,692
2.65
< Towers >
1.59
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
5,910
< Total Healing >
42,209
12,768
< Experience >
13,061
18
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
8
66
< Time Dealing CC >
439

How to Counter Zac with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown here show several critical Tristana against Zac matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zac..

Tristana normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Zac

Who is Better, Tristana or Zac?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually loses when trying to fight Zac, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes a poor counter to Zac.

While Tristana does have a lower winrate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Tristana into Zac.

Additionally, Tristana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tristana 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 team members during teamfights.

Tristana is a garbage counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tristana against Zac.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Zac Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zac as Tristana, we analyzed 2,652 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 Tristana 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Tristana in order to counter Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana typically racks up more CS compared to Zac. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Tristana versus Zac build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Zac than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Zac with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Zac as Tristana, Tristana players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Tristana vs Zac clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% winrate overall.

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