Ashe vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Ashe
based on 2,860 Ashe vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Zilean
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
Advice to Win Against Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Ashe vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Ashe in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Ashe vs. Zilean counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Ashe normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ashe and Zilean
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Who is Better, Ashe or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ashe usually fairs equally well when playing against Zilean, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes an ok counter to Zilean.
While Ashe does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Ashe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ashe into Zilean.
Furthermore, Ashe also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ashe is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ashe against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ashe in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe typically picks up more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ashe versus Zilean build consist of Trinity Force, Runaan's Hurricane, and Kraken Slayer. When Ashe used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Zilean than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ashe boasted an average win rate of 49.0% battling Zilean with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Zilean as Ashe, Ashe players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Ashe vs Zilean face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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