Rek'Sai vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Rek'Sai
based on 217 Rek'Sai vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Zilean
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Rek'Sai versus Zilean counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Zilean
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when trying to fight Zilean, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a good counter to Zilean.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Rek'Sai into Zilean.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Zilean matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is an above average counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average gets less CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Zilean build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Zilean than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should use 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 builds we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Zilean face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.
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