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Zac with Graves

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How to Synergize Zac and Graves

based on 1,584 Zac with Graves pairs
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
3
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Zac has gone into battle with Graves in 1584 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much complete data from the publishers of LoL, we are sure that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Zac play with Graves. It is relatively rare for Zac to play alongside Graves as teammates. This has only occurred in approx. 1.8% of rounds with Zac.

Zac Graves Synergy Summary

Zac has done a good job of playing alongside Graves. Typically, he wins a whopping 53.7% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Zac when playing with Graves by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zac vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageThornmailHollow Radiance

Optional Items

RiftmakerUnending DespairAbyssal MaskSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zac to level upw
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Second ability for Zac to level upe
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Last skill for Zac to max outq

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionLegend: TenacityLast Stand
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
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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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Guide to Synergizing Zac and Graves

Tips for Playing as Zac with Graves

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 Understand How Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Zac Graves Synergy Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Graves Image
4.8
< Kills >
4.7
4.9
< Deaths >
4.8
9.9
< Assists >
11
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
118
< Minions Killed >
61
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,772
< Physical Damage >
1,433
16,483
< Magic Damage >
14,911
1,193
< True Damage >
1,122
19,448
< Damage Dealt >
17,467
39,488
< Damage Taken >
41,114
10,630
< Gold Earned >
10,816
1.97
< Towers >
1.53
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
34,540
< Total Healing >
43,090
13,347
< Experience >
13,201
26
< Vision Score >
23
11
< Wards Placed >
8
352
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Play with Graves as Zac in LoL

The Zac Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Zac sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Graves helps Zac perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Zac tries to synergize with Graves, he sees a noticable increase in his complete damage output. This may signal that Graves supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played together with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Graves.

Additionally, when Zac plays with Graves on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Graves does a decent job of protecting Zac during teamfights.

Synergies between Zac and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zac
Graves

Is Zac better when played alongside Graves?

There is no top synergy for Zac that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Graves is a good ally for Zac. By being on the same side as Zac, he raises their win rate by 1.9% to 53.7%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Zac and Graves that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Zac. That means Zac players don't need to be very careful when arranging Graves teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, Zac players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.

In contrast, by aligning Zac and Graves together, you may not be providing your other allies much support. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zac and Graves, we analyzed 1,584 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Zac with Graves comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Zac to pair well with Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Zac and Graves synergy build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Zac bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Graves than with many other common builds. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Graves with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Zac players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Last Stand runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Zac and Graves pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Graves with Zac are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.