Corki with Zilean
How to Synergize Corki and Zilean
based on 470 Corki with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Corki Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Corki vs Zilean Counter Build
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Core Corki Items
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Guide to Synergizing Corki and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Corki with Zilean
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Corki in LoL
The Corki 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, Corki sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zilean helps Corki perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Corki plays on the same team as Zilean, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Zilean provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Corki is played with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zilean.
Moreover, when Corki plays with Zilean on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Zilean does a poor job of covering Corki during team fights.
Synergies between Corki and Zilean
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Is Corki better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no perfect synergy for Corki that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Zilean is a relatively poor teammate for Corki. By locking into the same team as Corki, he lowers their win rate by -3.0% to 45.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Corki and Zilean that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Zilean has a lower difficulty than Corki. That means Corki players don't need to be careful when finding Zilean teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Corki and Zilean together, you may not be giving your side very much engage potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Corki in order to work well with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Corki and Zilean synergy build include Muramana, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Corki bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Corki had an average win rate of 45.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Corki players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Corki and Zilean pairings, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.1% winrate overall.
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