Zilean vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Zilean
based on 217 Zilean vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Zilean vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Zilean against Rek'Sai matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Zilean or Rek'Sai?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually loses when trying to fight Rek'Sai, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a poor counter to Rek'Sai.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zilean into Rek'Sai.
Additionally, Zilean has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Zilean is a garbage counter to Rek'Sai. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean often accumulates more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Zilean versus Rek'Sai build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 47.0% battling Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Rek'Sai 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 builds that we analyzed for Zilean vs Rek'Sai counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
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