Draven vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Draven
based on 1,531 Draven vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Zilean
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Draven vs. Zilean counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Draven usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zilean. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Zilean
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Who is Better, Draven or Zilean?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually loses when trying to fight Zilean, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Draven does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Draven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Draven in order to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually picks up much more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Draven versus Zilean build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Hubris. When Draven combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Zilean than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Zilean as Draven, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Draven vs Zilean clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zilean as Draven are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.