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

Zac vs Kindred

How to Beat Kindred as Zac in LoLZac is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
Marksman

How to Beat Kindred as Zac

based on 1,699 Zac vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
3.34
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. In our dataset, Zac faced Kindred in 1699 matches. Using so many matchups for Zac versus Kindred gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce actionable stats and a pro build to defeat Kindred. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Zac fights Kindred in only 2.0% of his rounds.

Zac vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Zac has done a good job of countering Kindred. Normally, he wins a terrific 53.0% of games the champions battle one another in. In Zac versus Kindred rounds, Zac’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Kindred.

Best Zac vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentAbyssal MaskRanduin's OmenSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite 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
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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Guide to Countering Kindred as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Kindred

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 Kindred

When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.

Zac vs Kindred Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Kindred Image
4.7
< Kills >
6.3
4.7
< Deaths >
7
11
< Assists >
7.2
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
60
< Minions Killed >
40
0.97
< Dragons Killed >
1.47
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,413
< Physical Damage >
15,357
14,117
< Magic Damage >
4,171
1,057
< True Damage >
2,033
16,588
< Damage Dealt >
21,562
40,309
< Damage Taken >
30,940
10,656
< Gold Earned >
11,873
1.55
< Towers >
1.52
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
41,558
< Total Healing >
17,182
13,019
< Experience >
13,220
23
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
437
< Time Dealing CC >
230

How to Counter Kindred with Zac in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Zac versus Kindred matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between these two champions. Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kindred..

Zac usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Kindred. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Kindred

Who is Better, Zac or Kindred?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when playing against Kindred, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a good counter for Kindred.

While Zac does have a higher winrate compared to Kindred, when facing one another, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Kindredas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Kindred matchups, Zac is the better champion with a noticably 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 an above average counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Kindred.

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 Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Zac, we analyzed 1,699 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 Kindred 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Kindred 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac often picks up a similar amount of CS as Kindred. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Zac versus Kindred build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Kindred than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 53.0% battling Kindred with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Kindred as Zac, Zac players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zac vs Kindred counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.

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