Zilean vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Zilean
based on 499 Zilean vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Zilean vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Zilean vs. Taliyah counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taliyah. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Taliyah
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Zilean or Taliyah?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a good counter for Taliyah.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Taliyah.
Additionally, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Taliyah matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Taliyah. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Taliyah.
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 to counter Taliyah during both the lane 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 grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean often picks up less CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zilean versus Taliyah build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Taliyah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Taliyah with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Taliyah 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 that we analyzed for Zilean vs Taliyah face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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