Zilean vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Zilean
based on 600 Zilean vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Zilean vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Zilean against Sivir matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sivir. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Sivir
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Who is Better, Zilean or Sivir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when playing against Sivir, with a 56.5% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a fantastic counter for Sivir.
While Zilean does have a much higher winrate than Sivir, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Sivir.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Sivir matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a great counter to Sivir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically picks up a lot less CS as Sivir. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Zilean versus Sivir build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Sivir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 56.5% battling Sivir with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Sivir as Zilean, Zilean players 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 sets players used for Zilean vs Sivir battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 56.5% winrate overall.
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