Zilean vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Zilean
based on 545 Zilean vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Zilean vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Zilean versus Lissandra matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lissandra. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Lissandra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Zilean or Lissandra?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Lissandra, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a great counter to Lissandra.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate than Lissandra, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Lissandra.
Moreover, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Lissandra matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Zilean is a great counter to Lissandra. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter Lissandra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically picks up less CS compared to Lissandra. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Zilean versus Lissandra build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Lissandra than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Lissandra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Lissandra as Zilean, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Zilean vs Lissandra clashes, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.2% win rate overall.
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