Rumble vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Rumble
based on 745 Rumble vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rumble vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Rumble vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Rumble
Tips for Playing as Rumble against Zilean
Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.
If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.
Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.
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.
Rumble vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Rumble in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Rumble versus Zilean matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Rumble normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rumble and Zilean
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Who is Better, Rumble or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rumble usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Rumble makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Rumble does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Rumble also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Rumble into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rumble also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Rumble is a trash counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rumble against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rumble to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rumble often accumulates more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Rumble versus Zilean build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Rumble boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Rumble, Rumble players should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rumble vs Zilean fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% winrate overall.
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