Vel'Koz vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Vel'Koz
based on 1,654 Vel'Koz vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Zac
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several valuable Vel'Koz against Zac matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Zac
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Zac?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a poor counter for Zac.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Vel'Koz into Zacas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a trash counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average accumulates more CS compared to Zac. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Zac build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Zac than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Zac with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Zac as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Vel'Koz vs Zac counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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