Vladimir vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Vladimir
based on 1,359 Vladimir vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Zilean
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Vladimir against Zilean matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Vladimir often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Zilean
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zilean, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter to Zilean.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir most often accumulates much more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vladimir versus Zilean build include Cosmic Drive, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Zilean than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Zilean with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Zilean as Vladimir, Vladimir players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Vladimir vs Zilean counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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