Zac vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Zac
based on 2,675 Zac vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Zac vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Zac in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Zac versus Veigar matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Veigar. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zac typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Veigar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zac and Veigar
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Who is Better, Zac or Veigar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Veigar, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Zac makes a good counter to Veigar.
While Zac does have a higher win rate compared to Veigar, when facing one another, Zac also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Veigaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zac also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Veigar matchups, Zac is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zac is a decent counter for Veigar. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zac to counter Veigar during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac typically gets less CS relative to Veigar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Zac versus Veigar build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Veigar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Veigar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Veigar as Zac, Zac players 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 runes we have analyed for Zac vs Veigar battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% win rate overall.
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