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

Zac vs Jax

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

based on 5,852 Zac vs Jax matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
3.36
Pick Rate
6.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Jax as Zac resulted from an evaluation of 5852 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Zac is forced to battle against Jax in only 6.8% of his games.

Zac vs Jax Matchup Summary

Zac has done a decent job of countering Jax. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Zac against Jax rounds, Zac’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Jax.

Best Zac vs Jax Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

RiftmakerAbyssal MaskUnending DespairIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth 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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Jax as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Jax

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 Jax

Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.

Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

Zac vs Jax Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Jax Image
4.8
< Kills >
6.2
4.7
< Deaths >
6.5
11
< Assists >
5.3
1.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
61
< Minions Killed >
122
1.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.62
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,354
< Physical Damage >
12,242
14,864
< Magic Damage >
8,305
1,132
< True Damage >
1,160
17,350
< Damage Dealt >
21,708
40,314
< Damage Taken >
30,246
10,814
< Gold Earned >
11,841
1.58
< Towers >
2.15
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
42,639
< Total Healing >
8,826
13,188
< Experience >
14,184
23
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
446
< Time Dealing CC >
189

How to Counter Jax with Zac in LoL

The stats provided here show some influential Zac vs. Jax matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jax. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Zac typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Jax. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Jax

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Jax
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Jax

Who is Better, Zac or Jax?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Jax, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes a good counter to Jax.

While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Jax, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Jaxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Jax matchups, Zac is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zac is a decent counter to Jax. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Jax.

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

BardBard+ 55.6% 2434 GamesMaster YiMaster Yi+ 55.9% 1531 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.2% 1878 GamesViVi+ 58.5% 892 Games

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Jax Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jax as Zac, we analyzed 5,852 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 Jax 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 Jax Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zac to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac on average accumulates less CS compared to Jax. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Zac versus Jax build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Liandry's Torment. When Zac incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Jax than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Jax with this build.

To have the best probability of beating Jax 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 combinations players picked for Zac vs Jax face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.

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