Gwen vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Gwen
based on 927 Gwen vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Zilean
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Gwen against Zilean counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Gwen usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Zilean
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Who is Better, Gwen or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when trying to fight Zilean, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gwen into Zilean.
Moreover, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a trash counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen typically accumulates more CS as Zilean. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Zilean build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when playing against Zilean with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Zilean as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Gwen vs Zilean LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.0% winrate overall.
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