Caitlyn vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Caitlyn
based on 4,295 Caitlyn vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Zilean
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Caitlyn vs. Zilean counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zilean, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Zilean.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Zilean matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically accumulates much more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Zilean build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Zilean as Caitlyn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Caitlyn vs Zilean battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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