Rengar vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Rengar
based on 1,620 Rengar vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Zilean
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Rengar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Rengar versus Zilean matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Rengar normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rengar and Zilean
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Who is Better, Rengar or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rengar usually loses when trying to fight Zilean, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Rengar makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Rengar does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when they face off with one another, Rengar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rengar into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rengar has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Rengar is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Rengar versus Zilean build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Rengar included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rengar boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Zilean as Rengar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rengar vs Zilean LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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