Zilean vs Senna
How to Beat Senna as Zilean
based on 3,456 Zilean vs Senna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Senna Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Senna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Senna as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Senna
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.
Zilean vs Senna Counter Stats
How to Counter Senna with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Zilean against Senna matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Senna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Senna..
Zilean usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Senna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Senna
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Who is Better, Zilean or Senna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Senna, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes an ok counter to Senna.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate compared to Senna, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Senna.
Additionally, Zilean also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Senna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Senna matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter to Senna. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Senna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter Senna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Senna. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Zilean versus Senna build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Zilean used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Senna than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Senna with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Senna 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zilean vs Senna counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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