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How to Win Warwick vs Zac Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Zac

How to Beat Zac as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zac as Warwick

based on 3,319 Warwick vs Zac matchups
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Zac as Warwick resulted from an analysis of 3319 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against one another. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Warwick fights Zac in only 2.0% of his matches.

Warwick vs Zac Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick has done a terrible job of beating Zac. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.6% of games the champions battle each other in. In Warwick vs Zac games, Warwick’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Zac.

Best Warwick vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Wit's EndDead Man's PlateSpirit VisageBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Zac as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Zac

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Zac Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Zac Image
7
< Kills >
4.6
7.1
< Deaths >
5
7.1
< Assists >
11.7
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.05
57
< Minions Killed >
56
1.28
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.43
8,096
< Physical Damage >
1,437
9,442
< Magic Damage >
15,260
1,433
< True Damage >
1,116
18,972
< Damage Dealt >
17,815
40,486
< Damage Taken >
40,143
11,506
< Gold Earned >
10,678
1.34
< Towers >
1.54
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
21,711
< Total Healing >
41,967
13,082
< Experience >
13,013
19
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
8
292
< Time Dealing CC >
440

How to Counter Zac with Warwick in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Warwick vs. Zac matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.

Warwick normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zac. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Warwick and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Zac

Who is Better, Warwick or Zac?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes a bad counter for Zac.

While Warwick does have a much lower winrate than Zac, when facing one another, Warwick also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Warwick into Zac.

Furthermore, Warwick has some 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 is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ 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.

Warwick is a trash counter to Zac. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Zac.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Zac Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zac as Warwick, we analyzed 3,319 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 Warwick 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 learn all of the intricacies of Warwick 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zac. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Warwick versus Zac build consist of Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Zac than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 45.6% when playing against Zac with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of beating Zac as Warwick, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Warwick vs Zac LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zac as Warwick are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.