Zilean vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Zilean
based on 2,610 Zilean vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Zilean vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Zilean against Ezreal counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ezreal. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ezreal. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Zilean or Ezreal?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when taking on Ezreal, with a 54.9% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a great counter to Ezreal.
While Zilean does have a much higher winrate compared to Ezreal, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Ezreal.
Furthermore, Zilean has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ezreal. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Ezreal matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a great counter to Ezreal. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Ezreal during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often picks up less CS as Ezreal. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Ezreal build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zilean included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Ezreal than with many other common builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 54.9% when playing against Ezreal with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Ezreal 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Zilean vs Ezreal LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.9% win rate overall.
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