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

Zac vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Zac in LoLZac is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
MageSupport

How to Beat Taliyah as Zac

based on 1,103 Zac vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
3.17
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Taliyah as Zac came out of an examination of 1103 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Zac has to counter Taliyah in only 1.3% of his matches.

Zac vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Zac does a ok job of beating Taliyah. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.3% of games the champions fight each other in. In Zac against Taliyah games, Zac’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Taliyah.

Best Zac vs Taliyah 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

Abyssal MaskRiftmakerLiandry's TormentSpirit 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 ForceArmor
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
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Taliyah as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Zac vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Taliyah Image
4.6
< Kills >
6.2
4.8
< Deaths >
6.5
10.6
< Assists >
8.9
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
63
< Minions Killed >
121
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,301
< Physical Damage >
828
14,084
< Magic Damage >
22,765
1,121
< True Damage >
1,847
16,506
< Damage Dealt >
25,441
41,743
< Damage Taken >
21,561
10,752
< Gold Earned >
12,332
1.54
< Towers >
1.8
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
43,505
< Total Healing >
4,650
13,143
< Experience >
14,295
23
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
9
430
< Time Dealing CC >
577

How to Counter Taliyah with Zac in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Zac versus Taliyah matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..

Zac typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Taliyah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zac and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Taliyah

Who is Better, Zac or Taliyah?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually fairs equally well when playing against Taliyah, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Zac makes an ok counter for Taliyah.

While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Zac into Taliyahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Taliyah matchups, Zac is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Zac is a decent counter for Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Zac, we analyzed 1,103 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 Taliyah 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac often racks up less CS as Taliyah. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Zac versus Taliyah build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Taliyah than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of beating Taliyah 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. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Zac vs Taliyah battles, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.

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