Blitzcrank with Zilean
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Zilean
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Blitzcrank Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Zilean
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Zilean Will Play
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.
Blitzcrank Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zilean. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zilean helps Blitzcrank perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Blitzcrank tries to synergize with Zilean, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Zilean provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played alongside Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zilean.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Zilean on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Blitzcrank in teamfights.
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no top synergy for Blitzcrank that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Zilean is a decent companion for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same team as Blitzcrank, he increases their win rate by 2.4% to 54.0%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Blitzcrank and Zilean that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players must be careful when finding Zilean allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by grouping Blitzcrank and Zilean together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Zilean teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to pair well with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Blitzcrank and Zilean synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 54.0% helping carry Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Blitzcrank and Zilean pairings, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.0% win rate overall.
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