Counter Zac: How To Counter Pick Zac

Zac is the product of a toxic spill that ran through a chemtech seam and pooled in an isolated cavern deep in Zaun’s Sump. In this article, we explain how to effectively counter Zac.

Best Zac Counters

• Vi
• Zilean
• Yorick
• Vladimir
• Renekton
• Fizz

Pool Party Zac

Zac Counter Picks

Now that you know who counters Zac, you can finally counter pick Zac in any matchup. Let’s take you through some tips on how to use a few of these champions who are counters to Zac. After, there is a general section explaining how to use any LoL champion as counters for Zac. After all, if you know how to play against Zac, you can play safely and effectively to defeat Zac in a lane.

Special Weapon Zac

Tips For Playing Against Zac

• Zac’s goos can be crushed by stepping on them, denying him health regeneration.
• Zac’s passive blobs can be smitten. Kill them fast so that he won’t be able to revive.
• Zac can be interrupted while casting his Elastic Slingshot.
• If he activates his ultimate, even if you stun him it will still be activated.
• Zac’s blobs act like minion spawns and are susceptible to certain effects such as Volibear’s roar fear and, most devastatingly, Syndra being able to pick a blob up, hold it for as long as possible, then toss it away or into turret.
• Zac heals from the blobs that separate from him. You can crush them by stepping on them.
• Kill all of Zac’s bloblets when he splits apart to prevent him from reforming.
  • You can use Ignite and Smite on the bloblets.
• Silences, roots, stuns and knock ups will all interrupt the charging of Zac’s Elastic Slingshot.
• All forms of crowd control are especially effective against Zac, since without mobility to allow him to collect his healing blobs from Cell Division he will, therefore, chop down his own health.
• Building a Morellonomicon or Executioner’s Calling against Zac can be extremely effective since it significantly reduces his healing.
• Zac needs to be very close to you in order to deal the majority of his damage, which makes kiting a very viable strategy.
• Cell Division has a very long cooldown. Popping this before a team fight or other major engagement can cripple his effectiveness.
  • Be sure to keep an eye on when this is available, as it will allow you to more accurately determine whether you can win a 1v1 with him. Click Zac before a team fight to see if his passive is active.
• Even though they take reduced AoE damage, you can still easily destroy all of Zac’s bloblets by using a mage with a lot of AoE damage. Champions such as Malzahar, Brand, and Swain can easily kill Zac while Cell Division is activated.
  • It may be helpful to wait to use AoE abilities against Zac’s Cell Division until the blob chunks have come close enough together that all can be targeted at once.
• Champions like Gragas, Janna, Lee Sin, Tristana and Xin Zhao can throw Zac away when he uses Let’s Bounce!, by using their own ultimate abilities.
  • Alternatively, champions with knock-up CC available like Janna or Nami can keep Zac from moving around a team fight if used after Zac activated Let’s Bounce!. This can significantly reduce the effectiveness of the ability.
• Zac deals only magic damage with his abilities. As such, you can buy magic resistance to counter his damage.

SKTT1 Zac

By using the champions who counter Zac and the LoL Zac counter tips above, you can now develop a strategy to help you, as a summoner, become an effective counter to Zac players.