Zac vs Lillia — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Zac against Lillia · 48.8% win rate (125 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Lillia is slightly favoured — Zac wins 48.8% of 125 games, and Lillia pressures 5 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Weather the poke — slingshot her on the Blooming Blows cooldown and out-sustain on blobs.

Track: Lillia's Q — Blooming Blows (6–4s cooldown). Her kite + move speed stacks.

Do

E from fog when Blooming Blows is down
Pick up every blob
Q-stretch the double-hit

Don't

E into her peel
Let her stomp blobs
Fight with passive down

Runes & build vs Lillia

Start: Doran's Shield + Health Potion
First back: Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item: Heartsteel (HP feeds everything)
Then: Spirit Visage / Thornmail
Boots: Mercury's Treads
Runes: Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Precision: Triumph, Legend: Haste · Shards: Health Scaling, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Zac's game plan

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

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Lillia	Lillia's Q edge does true damage; her burn out-paces you at 1.
Level 2	Lillia	At 2 she keeps kiting with movement speed you can't match.
Level 3	Lillia	Level 3 her W chips you from 500 range every 14 seconds.
Levels 4-5	Lillia	Through 4-5 her mobility still denies your all-in.
Level 6	Lillia	At 6 her R sleeps you — but only via Dream Dust.
First item	Zac	First item: your E-into-R chain deletes a squishy Lillia.
Two+ items	Zac	With items you sit on her and she can't out-DPS a tank.

How to beat Lillia as Zac: the early game

Lillia has the better early game — her Q (Blooming Blows) gives the movement speed to dance around your slow Q (Stretching Strikes), and Dream-Laden Bough burns a share of your MAXIMUM health, so the pool you build is what makes it hurt. You cannot force much at 1-3; farm, hoard blobs, and never waste E chasing her.

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 Lillia 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 Lillia in top lane?

Lillia, slightly — Zac wins 48.8% of 125 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Zac vs Lillia a skill matchup?

Mostly — Lillia has a small statistical edge (51.2% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Zac counter Lillia?

No — if anything Lillia has the slight edge (Zac wins 48.8%), though it stays close.

What runes does Zac take vs Lillia?

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

What should Zac build vs Lillia?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Heartsteel (HP feeds everything) first, then Spirit Visage / Thornmail, with Mercury's Treads.

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