How to win lane as Ornn against Zac · 54.49% win rate over 969 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You have no shield, no combo and are mana-starved at 1 — but Zac is a slow tank too, so just farm and dodge his E-sling from brush. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Still pre-W you can't punish, and his E-Q-W engage can chunk you, so concede the level and last-hit safely. |
| Level 3 | Ornn | Bellows Breath comes online — its unstoppable percent-HP poke and shield out-trade his even-damage blob pokes. |
| Levels 4-5 | Ornn | Your E-into-Q-pillar knock-up detonates W's Brittle for burst he has no dash to dodge. |
| Level 6 | Ornn | R's double knock-up out-CCs his entire E-Q engage — you own the all-in at 6. |
| First item | Ornn | Your Heartsteel/Sunfire spike makes you a durable W-poke bully he can't sustain against. |
| Two+ items | Ornn | Your free Masterwork upgrades give your team a gold lead and you isolate the off-meta Zac before fights even start. |
Zac is just another tank for your W to chew through, but level 1-2 you have no shield and no combo, so respect his E-sling: if he ranges in from brush he can Q-knockup and W you before you can answer. Sit back and farm to 3. The second you have Bellows Breath, your unstoppable percent-HP exhale shreds his big blob health pool and the shield blunts his all-in — he can't out-trade that with even-damage poke.
The full Ornn 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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