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Zac with Rakan

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How to Synergize Zac and Rakan

based on 2,274 Zac with Rakan pairs
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
3.35
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Zac has gone into battle with Rakan in 2274 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the publishers of League, we are totally sure that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Zac play with Rakan. It is relatively rare for Zac to play alongside Rakan on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 2.7% of games with Zac.

Zac Rakan Synergy Summary

Zac has done a average job of fighting on the same side as Rakan. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.1% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Zac when playing with Rakan by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zac vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Chain VestBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailRanduin's Omen

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentRiftmakerUnending DespairJak'Sho, The Protean

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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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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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Guide to Synergizing Zac and Rakan

Tips for Playing as Zac with Rakan

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 Rakan Will Play

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Zac Rakan Synergy Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Rakan Image
4.8
< Kills >
4.7
4.6
< Deaths >
4.8
10.6
< Assists >
11
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
64
< Minions Killed >
61
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,477
< Physical Damage >
1,433
15,298
< Magic Damage >
14,911
1,043
< True Damage >
1,122
17,818
< Damage Dealt >
17,467
40,692
< Damage Taken >
41,114
10,739
< Gold Earned >
10,816
1.51
< Towers >
1.53
0.28
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
43,999
< Total Healing >
43,090
13,108
< Experience >
13,201
19
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
8
463
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Play with Rakan as Zac in LoL

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

When Zac is paired with Rakan, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Rakan supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played together with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Rakan.

Moreover, when Zac plays with Rakan on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Zac in team fights.

Synergies between Zac and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zac
Rakan

Is Zac better when played alongside Rakan?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Zac that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Rakan is a not very good companion for Zac. By locking into the same team as Zac, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 50.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Zac and Rakan that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Rakan has a much lower diffuclty than Zac. That means Zac players don't need to be very careful when lining up Rakan teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Zac and Rakan together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this gap in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Rakan ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac Rakan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zac and Rakan, we analyzed 2,274 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 Rakan 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 pair well with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to prioritize in your Zac and Rakan synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Zac included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Rakan than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average winrate of 50.1% helping carry Rakan with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.

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