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How to Win Zac vs Cassiopeia Counter MatchupZac is in the s tier of champions

Zac vs Cassiopeia

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Zac in LoLZac is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Zac

based on 890 Zac vs Cassiopeia matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
3.2
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. Within our database, Zac faced Cassiopeia 890 times. Using so many games with Zac vs Cassiopeia provides us faith in our capacity to produce actionable stats and a supported build to shatter your enemy. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Zac encounters Cassiopeia in only 1.0% of his rounds.

Zac vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zac has done a poor job of beating Cassiopeia. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champions face one another in. In Zac vs Cassiopeia matches, Zac’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Cassiopeia.

Best Zac vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairKaenic RookernHollow RadianceSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Zac's passive ability p
Zac's q ability q
Zac's w ability w
Zac's e ability e
Zac's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Cassiopeia

Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.

When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.

Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.

Advice to Win Against Cassiopeia

Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.

Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.

Zac vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Cassiopeia Image
4.6
< Kills >
6.6
4.9
< Deaths >
6.4
11.1
< Assists >
6.6
1.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
61
< Minions Killed >
177
0.96
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,429
< Physical Damage >
656
15,193
< Magic Damage >
23,907
1,082
< True Damage >
781
17,705
< Damage Dealt >
25,345
41,958
< Damage Taken >
27,642
10,805
< Gold Earned >
11,718
1.42
< Towers >
1.88
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
43,936
< Total Healing >
7,451
13,298
< Experience >
15,147
23
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
437
< Time Dealing CC >
460

How to Counter Cassiopeia with Zac in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Zac versus Cassiopeia matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Cassiopeia. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Cassiopeia. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Cassiopeia

Who is Better, Zac or Cassiopeia?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually loses when facing off against Cassiopeia, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a bad counter to Cassiopeia.

While Zac does have a lower winrate than Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Cassiopeiaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zac has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Zac is a somewhat poor counter to Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Cassiopeia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zac

Zac Loses Against

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Zac Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.9% winrateZoeZoe57.3% winrateKarthusKarthus57.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Cassiopeia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Cassiopeia as Zac, we analyzed 890 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 Cassiopeia as Zac 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.

Other Useful Resources

Zac Build Cassiopeia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zac to counter Cassiopeia 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 stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac typically picks up less CS as Cassiopeia. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Zac versus Cassiopeia build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Cassiopeia than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Cassiopeia with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Cassiopeia as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Zac vs Cassiopeia counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.

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