Lee Sin vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Lee Sin
based on 1,365 Lee Sin vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Zilean
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Lee Sin versus Zilean counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Lee Sin typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Zilean
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Zilean?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lee Sin into Zilean.
Additionally, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Lee Sin is a bad counter for Zilean. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often picks up less CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Lee Sin versus Zilean build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 46.7% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Zilean as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Lee Sin vs Zilean LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.
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