Rammus vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Rammus
based on 767 Rammus vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rammus vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Rammus vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Rammus
Tips for Playing as Rammus against Zilean
Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.
Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.
Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.
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.
Rammus vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Rammus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Rammus vs. Zilean counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean..
Rammus normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zilean. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rammus and Zilean
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Who is Better, Rammus or Zilean?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rammus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zilean, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Rammus makes an ok counter to Zilean.
While Rammus does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Rammus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Rammus into Zilean.
Moreover, Rammus has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Rammus is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rammus against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rammus in order to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rammus usually picks up less CS compared to Zilean. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly 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 situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Rammus versus Zilean build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Rammus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rammus boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Zilean as Rammus, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rammus vs Zilean fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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