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

Zac vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Zac in LoLZac is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Zac

based on 1,380 Zac vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
3.41
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our dataset, Zac battled Nilah 1380 times. Including so many matchups for Zac vs Nilah provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare enlightening data and a pro build to annihilate your foe. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Zac encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of his matches.

Zac vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Zac has done a ok job of beating Nilah. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.7% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Zac versus Nilah rounds, Zac’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Nilah.

Best Zac vs Nilah 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

RiftmakerUnending DespairLiandry's TormentHollow Radiance

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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
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 Nilah as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Nilah

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.

Zac vs Nilah Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Nilah Image
4.6
< Kills >
7.5
4.6
< Deaths >
6.8
11.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
61
< Minions Killed >
170
0.99
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,438
< Physical Damage >
18,898
15,045
< Magic Damage >
171
1,094
< True Damage >
1,022
17,578
< Damage Dealt >
20,091
39,328
< Damage Taken >
24,281
10,523
< Gold Earned >
12,466
1.58
< Towers >
2.54
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
41,452
< Total Healing >
8,549
12,952
< Experience >
12,938
22
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
436
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Counter Nilah with Zac in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several valuable Zac vs. Nilah counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nilah. 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. On average, he takes more damage than Nilah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Nilah

Who is Better, Zac or Nilah?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zac usually fairs equally well when taking on Nilah, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Zac makes an ok counter for Nilah.

While Zac does have a higher winrate than Nilah, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Nilahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Nilah matchups, Zac is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Zac is a decent counter to Nilah. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Nilah.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Zac, we analyzed 1,380 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 Nilah 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zac to counter Nilah 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac typically picks up less CS compared to Nilah. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Zac versus Nilah build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Nilah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 50.7% battling Nilah with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Nilah as Zac, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Zac vs Nilah counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.

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