Lillia vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Lillia
based on 2,714 Lillia vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lillia vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Lillia vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Lillia
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.
Lillia vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Lillia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Lillia vs. Zilean matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between the two. Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Lillia typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lillia and Zilean
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Who is Better, Lillia or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lillia usually wins when facing off against Zilean, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Lillia makes a great counter to Zilean.
While Lillia does have a higher winrate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Lillia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lillia into Zileanas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Lillia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Zilean matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lillia is a great counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lillia against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lillia in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lillia often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zilean. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lillia versus Zilean build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Zilean than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lillia had an average winrate of 53.2% battling Zilean with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Zilean as Lillia, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Lillia vs Zilean counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.
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