Jayce vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Jayce
based on 611 Jayce vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Zilean
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Jayce in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some significant Jayce against Zilean matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Jayce often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Zilean
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Who is Better, Jayce or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jayce usually wins when playing against Zilean, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Jayce makes a good counter for Zilean.
While Jayce does have a higher winrate than Zilean, when facing one another, Jayce also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Jayce into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Jayce also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Zilean matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jayce is a good counter to Zilean. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jayce against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jayce to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce usually racks up much more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities 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 case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Jayce versus Zilean build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zilean than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jayce had an average winrate of 53.0% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Zilean as Jayce, Jayce players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Jayce vs Zilean fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
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