Zilean vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Zilean
based on 1,211 Zilean vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Zilean vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Zilean versus Vi matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Vi. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Vi
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Who is Better, Zilean or Vi?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a bad counter to Vi.
While Zilean does have a lower win rate than Vi, when facing one another, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zilean into Vi.
Moreover, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Vi matchups, Vi 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 teamfights.
Zilean is a terribly counter to Vi. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Vi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically racks up more CS compared to Vi. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Zilean versus Vi build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Vi than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Vi with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Vi 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 runes that we analyzed for Zilean vs Vi counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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