How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Zac · 51.31% win rate (204 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Step on his blobs — anti-heal and R him when his E is down.
Track: Zac's E — Elastic Slingshot (21–9s cooldown). His engage. R him when it’s down.
Read from Mordekaiser's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Zac.
This is Mordekaiser's own plan; across 204 pooled games the lane is leaning Mordekaiser.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zac | He has no Elastic Slingshot yet, so he cannot pick the engage and has to walk into your Obliterate to farm — take the free level-1 chip before his blobs matter. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Q + W comes online: your Obliterate poke plus a banked Indestructible shield wins the point-blank trade before his E is leveled to punish you. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | Your full Q+W+E short-combo chunks him past what his passive blobs heal back — own this window before his E sling is online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Darkness Rise grinds the extended fight harder than his blobs heal it back, so levels 4-5 stay yours as long as you bait Elastic Slingshot. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death isolates him from his team and blobs — banished, his E re-engage is dead, you steal his stats and take the clean 1v1. |
| First item | Zac | His blob regen and E knock-up keep the lane close as he starts to outscale — your first-item all-in is no longer the clear answer. |
| Two+ items | Zac | A tanky full-build Zac front-lines and chain-grabs with Q while your flat aura damage plateaus — save R to isolate, don't 1v1 him. |
"Zac is a blob — every bit of poke you land he walks over a passive blob and heals back, so don't burn mana on chip you can't convert into a trade. The lane swings at 2-3: with Q (Obliterate) plus a banked W (Indestructible) shield you win the short, point-blank fight before his E is leveled and before his blobs out-heal the damage. The thing to respect is his E — a long Elastic Slingshot that knocks you up and lets HIM pick the engage; bait it or sidestep it, then E-pull him back and trade on your terms."
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Mordekaiser's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Mordekaiser vs Zac report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Mordekaiser, slightly — a 51.31% win rate edge over 204 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Mordekaiser has a small statistical edge (51.31% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Mordekaiser has a slight edge (51.31% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Mordekaiser takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Overgrowth) vs Zac.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Haunting Guise / Giant's Belt (≈900-1300g). Build Liandry's Torment (burn carries his extended trades) first, then Riftmaker (omnivamp turns the Realm 1v1 unloseable), with Plated Steelcaps (Swiftness into kite comps).
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