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 provided here clarify some critical Rell against Zac counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. For instance, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Rell often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rell usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zac, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Rell makes an ok counter for Zac.
While Rell does have a lower win rate than Zac, when facing one another, Rell also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rell into Zac.
Additionally, Rell has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rell vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Rell is a somewhat poor counter to Zac. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rell against Zac.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rell in order to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell on average accumulates less CS relative to Zac. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Rell versus Zac build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rell included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Zac than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rell had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Zac with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Zac as Rell, Rell players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Rell vs Zac counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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