Zac vs Camille — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Zac against Camille · 48.45% win rate (291 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Camille is slightly favoured — Zac wins 48.45% of 291 games, and Camille pressures 6 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Her true damage shreds your HP — build armor, E-knock her.

Track: Camille's E — Hookshot (16–12s cooldown). Her engage/stun. E-knock after it.

Do

Build armor early
E-knock her up to peel
Pick up blobs to sustain

Don't

Stack pure HP vs her W
Get E-stunned into her combo
Fight near walls

Runes & build vs Camille

Start: Doran's Shield + Health Potion
First back: Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing
First item: Heartsteel (HP feeds everything)
Then: Spirit Visage / Thornmail
Boots: Plated Steelcaps
Runes: Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Precision: Triumph, Legend: Haste · Shards: Health Scaling, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Zac's game plan

Read from Zac's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Camille.

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Camille	Precision Protocol plus Adaptive Defenses win level 1.
Level 2	Camille	At 2 Tactical Sweep heals her off its outer half only.
Level 3	Camille	Level 3 adds Hookshot — 16s, and it needs a wall.
Levels 4-5	Camille	Through 4-5 her Sheen-Q spike out-duels your scaling.
Level 6	Camille	The Hextech Ultimatum anchors you where you stand at 6.
First item	Camille	At first item her burst peak keeps her the lane bully.
Two+ items	Zac	With 2+ items your HP and E-R engage flip the fight to you.

How to beat Camille as Zac: the early game

Camille out-trades you early: Precision Protocol's second cast hits far harder if she delays it, and Tactical Sweep only heals her off its outer half — so step INTO her, not away. Hookshot needs a wall to fire.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Zac in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Zac's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Zac vs Cassiopeia — 35.38% win rate
Zac vs Singed — 40.9% win rate
Zac vs Zaahen — 43.23% win rate

Easiest

Zac vs Maokai — 65.75% win rate
Zac vs Mel — 59.83% win rate
Zac vs Sejuani — 59.76% win rate

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Zac vs Camille 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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Common questions

Who wins Zac vs Camille in top lane?

Camille, slightly — Zac wins 48.45% of 291 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Zac vs Camille a skill matchup?

Mostly — Camille has a small statistical edge (51.55% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Zac counter Camille?

No — if anything Camille has the slight edge (Zac wins 48.45%), though it stays close.

What runes does Zac take vs Camille?

Zac takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Camille.

What should Zac build vs Camille?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing. Build Heartsteel (HP feeds everything) first, then Spirit Visage / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.

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