Olaf with Zilean
How to Synergize Olaf and Zilean
based on 384 Olaf with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Zilean
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zilean helps Olaf perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Olaf is paired with Zilean, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Zilean supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played together with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Zilean on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Olaf in teamfights.
Synergies between Olaf and Zilean
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no ideal synergy for Olaf that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Zilean is a not very good teammate for Olaf. By locking into the same team as Olaf, he lowers their win rate by -2.4% to 46.6%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Olaf and Zilean that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Zilean teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Olaf and Zilean together, you may not be providing your other teammates much protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Olaf to pair well with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Olaf and Zilean synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Olaf had an average win rate of 46.6% helping carry Zilean with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Olaf players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Olaf and Zilean pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Zilean with Olaf are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.