Zac vs Kled — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Zac against Kled · 49.07% win rate (161 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Kled is slightly favoured — Zac wins 49.07% of 161 games, and Kled pressures 6 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

E-knock his pull — sustain, dismount him.

Track: Kled's Q — Bear Trap on a Rope (11–7s cooldown). His engage hook. E-knock after it.

Do

E-knock to peel his pull
Pick up blobs to sustain
Out-trade his dismount

Don't

Get hit by his Q pull
Let him remount
Trade his mounted W

Runes & build vs Kled

Start: Doran's Shield + Health Potion
First back: Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his 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 Kled.

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Kled	Kled's Bear Trap and your Q share 800 range; his mounted autos win.
Level 2	Kled	At 2 his W gives 4 fast autos — step out before the fourth.
Level 3	Kled	Level 3 his E recast means the dash in is never a commitment.
Levels 4-5	Kled	Sustained mounted pressure through 4-5 keeps Kled ahead.
Level 6	Kled	His R re-mounts him, but 140s means it rarely repeats.
First item	Kled	First tank item: you survive to force the dismount and flip it.
Two+ items	Zac	At 2+ items Zac out-durables Kled and punishes his fragile dismount windows.

How to beat Kled as Zac: the early game

Levels 1-2 Kled dominates: Bear Trap (11s at rank 1) shackles then yanks you in, and mounted auto-trades out-damage your weak early base. Don't walk up into a full Skaarl; wait out his Q.

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 Kled 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 Kled in top lane?

Kled, slightly — Zac wins 49.07% of 161 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Zac vs Kled a skill matchup?

Mostly — Kled has a small statistical edge (50.93% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Zac counter Kled?

No — if anything Kled has the slight edge (Zac wins 49.07%), though it stays close.

What runes does Zac take vs Kled?

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

What should Zac build vs Kled?

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

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