Nami vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Nami
based on 1,317 Nami vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Zilean
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some strategic Nami versus Zilean counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean..
Nami normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Zilean
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Who is Better, Nami or Zilean?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Nami does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nami into Zilean.
Moreover, Nami has a very large 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nami is a garbage counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami often gets less CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require 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 have in your Nami versus Zilean build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Zilean as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nami vs Zilean fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
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