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

Zac vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Zac in LoLZac is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Zac

based on 1,662 Zac vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
3.25
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Gragas as Zac came out of an evaluation of 1662 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Zac fights Gragas in only 1.9% of his rounds.

Zac vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Zac does a great job of beating Gragas. On average, he wins a terrific 54.2% of matches the champs face each other in. In Zac against Gragas games, Zac’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Gragas.

Best Zac vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageThornmailHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Unending DespairAbyssal MaskJak'Sho, The ProteanRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zac to level upw
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Second ability for Zac to level upe
>
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
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Zac vs Gragas Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Gragas Image
4.6
< Kills >
5.9
4.8
< Deaths >
5.9
11
< Assists >
7.4
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
64
< Minions Killed >
110
1.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.6
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,461
< Physical Damage >
1,563
15,130
< Magic Damage >
19,265
1,135
< True Damage >
1,109
17,727
< Damage Dealt >
21,938
41,750
< Damage Taken >
30,003
10,874
< Gold Earned >
11,318
1.62
< Towers >
1.5
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.13
43,814
< Total Healing >
12,519
13,291
< Experience >
13,911
24
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
446
< Time Dealing CC >
417

How to Counter Gragas with Zac in LoL

The stats provided here show several significant Zac versus Gragas counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas..

Zac often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Gragas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Gragas

Who is Better, Zac or Gragas?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Gragas, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a great counter for Gragas.

While Zac does have a much higher win rate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Gragasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Gragas matchups, Zac is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Zac is a great counter to Gragas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Gragas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zac

Zac Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.5% winrateKledKled46.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser47% winrateRenata GlascRenata Glasc47.4% winrate

Zac Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Zac, we analyzed 1,662 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 Gragas 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 Gragas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zac to counter Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac on average gets less CS compared to Gragas. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Zac versus Gragas build consist of Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Zac incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Gragas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 54.2% when countering Gragas with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Gragas as Zac, Zac players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Zac vs Gragas clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.2% win rate overall.

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