Zilean with Zac
How to Synergize Zilean and Zac
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Zilean Zac Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Zac
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Zac
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Zac Will Play
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.
Zilean Zac Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zac as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Zac synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zac, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zac. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zac helps Zilean perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is an ally to Zac, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Zac provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Zac on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zac. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zac.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Zac on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Zac does a decent job of protecting Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Zac
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Zac?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Zac is a great ally for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 3.1% to 53.8%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Zilean and Zac that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Zac has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means you should be very careful when arranging Zac allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Zilean and Zac together, you may not be granting your side much AD. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Zac ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to work well with Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Zilean and Zac synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Zac than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 53.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zac with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.
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