Zilean vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Zilean
based on 2,499 Zilean vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Akali
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Zilean vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some critical Zilean versus Akali counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Akali
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Who is Better, Zilean or Akali?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate than Akali, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Akali.
Additionally, Zilean also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Akali matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean often racks up less CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Zilean versus Akali build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Akali with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Akali as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zilean vs Akali matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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