How to win lane as Zac against Yone · 48.54% win rate over 342 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | Yone wins level 1 because Mortal Steel (Q) out-ranges your melee poke and threatens the tornado. |
| Level 2 | Yone | At 2 his mobility and W shield make every trade net-positive for him. |
| Level 3 | Yone | At 3 his full Q3 dash-knockup combo lets him engage and disengage on your blob at will. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | Levels 4-5 his E soul-return heals off the damage you land, keeping him ahead in extended trades. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 Fate Sealed (R) waits out your engage and slams you back, flipping any dive to him. |
| First item | Yone | At first item his crit/on-hit spike and W shield out-DPS your tank stats. |
| Two+ items | Yone | With 2+ items your R knock-up feeds his airborne chain, keeping the matchup his into teamfights. |
Yone dictates the early game: Mortal Steel (Q) gives him ranged poke against your melee blob, his Q3 dash-knockup lets him engage and peel off before you can retaliate, and Spirit Cleave (W) shields his trades so every exchange goes his way — sit back, soak minions, and don't contest short trades.
The full Zac vs Yone 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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