Zeri vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Zeri
based on 465 Zeri vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zeri vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Zeri vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Zeri
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.
Zeri vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Zeri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Zeri against Zilean counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Zeri usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zeri and Zilean
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Who is Better, Zeri or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zeri usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Zeri does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Zilean.
Furthermore, Zeri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zeri is a bad counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zeri against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zeri in order to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zeri typically gets much more CS compared to Zilean. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Zeri versus Zilean build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better against Zilean than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 46.9% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Zilean as Zeri, Zeri players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Zeri vs Zilean counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zilean as Zeri are shown for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.