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How to Win Xayah vs Zac Counter MatchupXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah vs Zac

How to Beat Zac as Xayah in LoLXayah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zac as Xayah

based on 1,329 Xayah vs Zac matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Zac as Xayah came out of an examination of 1329 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Xayah encounters Zac in only 2.2% of her games.

Xayah vs Zac Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah does a terrible job of beating Zac. On average, she wins a lowly 46.6% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Xayah versus Zac games, Xayah’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Zac.

Best Xayah vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Phantom DancerRapid FirecannonStormrazorKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Zac as Xayah

Tips for Playing as Xayah against Zac

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah vs Zac Counter Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Zac Image
6.2
< Kills >
4.7
6.3
< Deaths >
4.7
6.8
< Assists >
11.1
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
182
< Minions Killed >
60
0.3
< Dragons Killed >
1.03
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.44
20,870
< Physical Damage >
1,428
346
< Magic Damage >
14,722
1,032
< True Damage >
1,113
22,248
< Damage Dealt >
17,264
20,498
< Damage Taken >
40,503
11,899
< Gold Earned >
10,734
2.3
< Towers >
1.56
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
4,608
< Total Healing >
42,411
12,513
< Experience >
13,076
18
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
8
57
< Time Dealing CC >
434

How to Counter Zac with Xayah in LoL

The stats provided here feature some critical Xayah versus Zac matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zac..

Xayah often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Xayah and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Xayah
Zac

Who is Better, Xayah or Zac?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a poor counter to Zac.

While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Zac.

Furthermore, Xayah also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Xayah is a bad counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Zac.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Zac Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zac as Xayah, we analyzed 1,329 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 Xayah 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 Xayah 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Xayah most often racks up much more CS compared to Zac. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Xayah versus Zac build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Zac than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 46.6% battling Zac with this build.

To have the best probability of beating Zac as Xayah, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Xayah vs Zac matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.

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