Zilean vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Zilean
based on 767 Zilean vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Zilean vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Zilean against Rammus counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..
Zilean often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rammus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Rammus
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Who is Better, Zilean or Rammus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when playing against Rammus, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes an ok counter for Rammus.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Rammus, when facing one another, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Rammus.
Additionally, Zilean has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Rammus matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Rammus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Rammus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
Additional Information for Zilean Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often gets more CS relative to Rammus. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Zilean versus Rammus build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Rammus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Rammus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Rammus as Zilean, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zilean vs Rammus fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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