Lissandra vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Lissandra
based on 545 Lissandra vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Zilean
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Lissandra against Zilean counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Lissandra usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Zilean
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Lissandra into Zilean.
Moreover, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lissandra is a terribly counter to Zilean. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra in order to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra often picks up more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Lissandra versus Zilean build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zilean as Lissandra, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lissandra vs Zilean LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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