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Zac with Shaco

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How to Synergize Zac and Shaco

based on 1,552 Zac with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Zac has fought alongside Shaco in 1552 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the developers of LoL, we are confident that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Zac synergize with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Zac to play with Shaco as allies. This has only taken place in approximately 1.8% of games with Zac.

Zac Shaco Synergy Summary

Zac does a decent job of teaming up with Shaco. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.2% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Zac when playing with Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zac vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageSunfire AegisJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentRiftmakerUnending DespairKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite 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

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 Shaco

Tips for Playing as Zac with Shaco

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 Shaco Will Play

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Zac Shaco Synergy Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
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4.8
< Kills >
4.7
5.2
< Deaths >
4.8
10.9
< Assists >
11
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
88
< Minions Killed >
61
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,658
< Physical Damage >
1,433
16,400
< Magic Damage >
14,911
1,234
< True Damage >
1,122
19,293
< Damage Dealt >
17,467
43,210
< Damage Taken >
41,114
11,055
< Gold Earned >
10,816
1.73
< Towers >
1.53
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
42,535
< Total Healing >
43,090
13,834
< Experience >
13,201
24
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
8
423
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Play with Shaco as Zac in LoL

The Zac Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shaco. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Shaco helps Zac perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Zac tries to synergize with Shaco, he gets a noticable increase in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Shaco supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played together with Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Shaco. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shaco.

Moreover, when Zac plays with Shaco on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Zac in teamfights.

Synergies between Zac and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zac
Shaco

Is Zac better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no one best champion pairing for Zac that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Shaco is a very typical companion for Zac. By playing on the same side as Zac, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 51.2%. This proves that there is a weak synergy between Zac and Shaco that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Shaco has a greater difficulty than Zac. That means you should be careful when arranging Shaco allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, Zac players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by grouping Zac and Shaco together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Shaco ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac Shaco Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zac and Shaco, we analyzed 1,552 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 Shaco 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 truly master Zac to work well with Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to focus on in your Zac and Shaco synergy build consist of Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Shaco than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 51.2% helping carry Shaco with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Zac players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Zac and Shaco pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Shaco with Zac are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu above.