„Nebelwand“ kann sowohl zur Flucht als auch zur Vorbereitung eines Kills eingesetzt werden.
„Schnelles Ziehen“ kann genutzt werden, um in Reichweite für seine normalen Angriffe und „Endstation“ zu kommen.
Zilean ist sehr schwach, wenn er von einem Team angegriffen wird, ansonsten aber sehr schwer zu töten. Versuche ihn daher als Team anzugreifen.
Wenn du Zilean auf den Fersen bleiben kannst, dann ist es manchmal sinnvoll zu warten, bis seine ultimative Fähigkeit nicht mehr wirkt, bevor du ihm den Todesstoß versetzt.
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Graves against Zilean counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Graves normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Zilean, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter for Zilean.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Zilean.
Additionally, Graves has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Zilean matchups, Graves is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Graves is a decent counter to Zilean. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Graves against Zilean.
If you would like to truly master Graves in order to counter Zilean 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 tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Graves versus Zilean build include Schwarzes Beil, Blutdürster, and Der Sammler. When Graves bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Zilean as Graves, you should take the Leichtfüßigkeit, Triumph, Legende: Eifer, Gnadenstoß, Kosmische Einsicht, and Magisches Schuhwerk runes from the Präzision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Graves vs Zilean face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zilean as Graves are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.