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How to Synergize Thresh and Zac

based on 2,760 Thresh with Zac pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.73
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Thresh has been on the same team as Zac in 2760 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much accurate data from the developers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Thresh synergize with Zac. It is relatively rare for Thresh to play alongside Zac as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.9% of games with Thresh.

Thresh Zac Synergy Summary

Thresh has done a ok job of teaming up with Zac. Usually, he wins an acceptable 50.0% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Thresh when playing with Zac by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Thresh vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Thresh Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernThornmailKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Thresh to level upq
>
Second ability for Thresh to level upe
>
Last skill for Thresh to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Thresh's passive ability p
Thresh's q ability q
Thresh's w ability w
Thresh's e ability e
Thresh's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Zac

Tips for Playing as Thresh with Zac

Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.

Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.

Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.

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.

Thresh Zac Synergy Stats

Thresh Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Zac Image
2.3
< Kills >
2.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
14.9
< Assists >
14.1
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
33
< Minions Killed >
34
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,273
< Physical Damage >
1,225
7,386
< Magic Damage >
7,197
817
< True Damage >
778
9,476
< Damage Dealt >
9,201
22,178
< Damage Taken >
21,838
8,679
< Gold Earned >
8,591
1.86
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,389
< Total Healing >
2,366
10,525
< Experience >
10,536
58
< Vision Score >
55
24
< Wards Placed >
23
270
< Time Dealing CC >
263

How to Play with Zac as Thresh in LoL

The Thresh 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, Thresh sees a very large drop 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 Thresh perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Thresh is paired with Zac, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Zac provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played alongside Zac on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zac.

Additionally, when Thresh plays with Zac on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Zac does a poor job of covering Thresh in team fights.

Synergies between Thresh and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Thresh
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Thresh
Zac

Is Thresh better when played alongside Zac?

There is no one best champion pairing for Thresh that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Zac is a good teammate for Thresh. By playing on the same team as Thresh, he increases their win rate by 1.5% to 50.0%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Thresh and Zac that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

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

Playing alongside, Thresh players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Thresh and Zac together, you may not be granting your other teammates very much AD. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Zac teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Thresh Players

How We Calculated Our Thresh Zac Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Thresh and Zac, we analyzed 2,760 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 Thresh with Zac 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to pair well with Zac during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to have in your Thresh and Zac synergy build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Thresh bought at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Zac than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 50.0% helping carry Zac with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Thresh players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.

If you need to see Thresh with Zac collaboration tips and builds for a a specific player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides given are computed using every game completed with both champions.