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

Zac vs Sion

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

based on 2,370 Zac vs Sion matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
3.62
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches every week. Within our database, Zac did battle with Sion in 2370 matches. With so many matchups for Zac versus Sion provides us faith in our ability to prepare informative data and a solid build to shatter Sion. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Zac fights Sion in only 2.8% of his matches.

Zac vs Sion Matchup Summary

Zac has done a good job of beating Sion. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.1% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Zac versus Sion games, Zac’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Sion.

Best Zac vs Sion Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskUnending DespairRiftmakerKaenic Rookern

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
>
Last skill for Zac to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorHealth 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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E
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Guide to Countering Sion as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Sion

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 Sion

Use the time after Sion has died to reposition and prepare for his return.

Even if Sion still hits a Decimating Smash, making him release the charge earlier reduces its impact.

Zac vs Sion Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Sion Image
5.2
< Kills >
4.1
4.7
< Deaths >
6.9
11.8
< Assists >
6.8
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
0.91
63
< Minions Killed >
192
1.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.57
1,837
< Physical Damage >
13,611
17,599
< Magic Damage >
9,060
1,215
< True Damage >
1,050
20,653
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
43,028
< Damage Taken >
48,416
11,170
< Gold Earned >
12,117
1.47
< Towers >
3.07
0.28
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
46,234
< Total Healing >
8,761
13,720
< Experience >
15,253
22
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
483
< Time Dealing CC >
681

How to Counter Sion with Zac in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several strategic Zac vs. Sion counter stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sion. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Zac usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Sion

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Sion
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Sion

Who is Better, Zac or Sion?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when trying to fight Sion, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a good counter to Sion.

While Zac does have a higher win rate than Sion, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Zac into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Sion 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 teammates during late stage team fights.

Zac is a good counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Sion.

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 Sion Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sion as Zac, we analyzed 2,370 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 Sion 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 Sion Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zac to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Sion. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Zac versus Sion build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Sion with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Sion as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zac vs Sion fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sion as Zac are shown for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.