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Zac with Nocturne

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How to Synergize Zac and Nocturne

based on 1,464 Zac with Nocturne pairs
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Zac has fought alongside Nocturne in 1464 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data straight from the publishers of League, we are sure that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Zac play with Nocturne. It is relatively rare for Zac to play with Nocturne on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 1.7% of rounds with Zac.

Zac Nocturne Synergy Summary

Zac has done a good job of synergizing with Nocturne. Usually, he wins a fantastic 53.8% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Zac when fighting on the same team as Nocturne by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zac vs Nocturne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

RiftmakerJak'Sho, The ProteanRanduin's OmenSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
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
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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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 Synergizing Zac and Nocturne

Tips for Playing as Zac with Nocturne

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 Nocturne Will Play

Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.

Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.

Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.

Zac Nocturne Synergy Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Nocturne Image
5.3
< Kills >
4.7
5.1
< Deaths >
4.8
10.1
< Assists >
11
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
122
< Minions Killed >
61
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,857
< Physical Damage >
1,433
17,743
< Magic Damage >
14,911
1,291
< True Damage >
1,122
20,892
< Damage Dealt >
17,467
40,826
< Damage Taken >
41,114
10,851
< Gold Earned >
10,816
2.03
< Towers >
1.53
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
35,284
< Total Healing >
43,090
13,638
< Experience >
13,201
27
< Vision Score >
23
12
< Wards Placed >
8
355
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Play with Nocturne as Zac in LoL

The Zac Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, 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 Nocturne. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nocturne helps Zac perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Zac is paired with Nocturne, he gets a very large increase in his full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Nocturne supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played with Nocturne on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nocturne.

Moreover, when Zac plays with Nocturne on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Nocturne does a decent job of protecting Zac during team fights.

Synergies between Zac and Nocturne

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Nocturne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zac
Nocturne

Is Zac better when played alongside Nocturne?

There is no one best ally for Zac that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Nocturne is a good ally for Zac. By playing on the same team as Zac, he increases their win rate by 2.0% to 53.8%. This signals that there is a somewhat important bond between Zac and Nocturne that allows them to perform better together than alone.

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

Playing on the same side, Zac players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Zac and Nocturne together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of utility. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this hole in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Nocturne teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac Nocturne Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zac and Nocturne, we analyzed 1,464 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 Nocturne 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac to synergize with Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to have in your Zac and Nocturne synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Zac bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Nocturne than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 53.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nocturne with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Last Stand runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Zac and Nocturne cooperations tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using every round played with these champs.