How to win lane as Zac against Tahm Kench · 50.53% win rate over 95 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Tahm Kench | Level 1 Tahm's Q poke and heal out-trade Zac. |
| Level 2 | Tahm Kench | At 2 his grey-health sustain negates Zac's W chip. |
| Level 3 | Tahm Kench | Level 3 his Q-stun punishes any Zac commit. |
| Levels 4-5 | Tahm Kench | Through 4-5 his sustain keeps the lane in his favour. |
| Level 6 | Tahm Kench | At 6 Devour and R give Kench pick-and-peel over Zac. |
| First item | Tahm Kench | First item, his heal still shrugs off Zac's engage. |
| Two+ items | Zac | With 2+ items Zac's AoE R out-values Kench's single save. |
Levels 1-5 favour Tahm Kench: his Q slow, grey-health heal passive, and W dive out-sustain and out-trade your W poke, so don't slingshot into a fight he can just heal through — farm even and wait to scale.
The full Zac vs Tahm Kench 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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