Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
The stats shown here show some critical Orianna against Zac matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Orianna usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Zac. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 43.7% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a bad counter for Zac.
While Orianna does have a much lower win rate than Zac, when facing one another, Orianna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Zacas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Orianna is a trash counter for Zac. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Zac.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually picks up more CS as Zac. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Orianna versus Zac build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Zac than with most other common item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 43.7% battling Zac with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Zac as Orianna, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Orianna vs Zac counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 43.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zac as Orianna are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.