Corki vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Corki
based on 502 Corki vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Zilean
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Corki in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Corki versus Zilean matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Corki typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Corki and Zilean
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Who is Better, Corki or Zilean?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Corki usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 43.8% win rate. Therefore, Corki makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Corki does have a much lower winrate compared to Zilean, when they face off with one another, Corki also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Corki into Zilean.
Additionally, Corki has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Corki vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Corki is a terribly counter to Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Corki against Zilean.
Other Champion Matchups Against Corki
Additional Information for Corki Players
How We Calculated Our Corki vs Zilean Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Corki in order to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki often accumulates much more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Corki versus Zilean build consist of Muramana, Trinity Force, and Eclipse. When Corki included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Corki boasted an average winrate of 43.8% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zilean as Corki, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Corki vs Zilean face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 43.8% win rate overall.
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