Yone vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Yone
based on 2,671 Yone vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Yone vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Yone
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.
Yone vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Yone in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some significant Yone versus Zilean matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in killsdeaths.
Yone usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Yone or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yone usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Yone makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Yone does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Yone also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Yone into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yone has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Yone is a trash counter for Zilean. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yone to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone often picks up much more CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Yone versus Zilean build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Yone bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Zilean than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Yone boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Zilean as Yone, Yone players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Yone vs Zilean counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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