Ezreal vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Ezreal
based on 2,610 Ezreal vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Zilean
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Ezreal versus Zilean matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Ezreal typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ezreal and Zilean
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 45.1% win rate. Therefore, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Zilean.
While Ezreal does have a much lower win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ezreal also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ezreal is a trash counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ezreal against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal usually racks up more CS as Zilean. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Zilean build include Muramana, Frozen Heart, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Zilean than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ezreal had an average win rate of 45.1% when countering Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Zilean as Ezreal, Ezreal players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Ezreal vs Zilean counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.1% winrate overall.
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