How to win lane as Zac against Master Yi · 49.39% win rate over 164 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zac | Q poke and blob sustain out-trade his bare level-1 kit. |
| Level 2 | Zac | At 2 your lash-poke and healing beat his single Alpha Strike. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens as his resets and attack speed begin ramping. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay skill-decided while your sustain matches his ramp. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your knockup R keeps trades even until he spikes. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item his DPS burns through your blob sustain and he out-duels you. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Late, his sustained DPS shreds a tanky but non-duelist Zac. |
Levels 1-2 you bully him comfortably: Q Stretching Strikes pokes from a range his melee kit cannot answer, W Unstable Matter chunks him when he walks into the wave, and blob pickups heal back his single Alpha Strike's worth of response - zone him off CS while your matchup clock is still friendly.
The full Zac vs Master Yi 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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