Zilean with Ahri
How to Synergize Zilean and Ahri
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Zilean Ahri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Ahri
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Ahri
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 Understand How Ahri Will Play
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Zilean Ahri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ahri as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Ahri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ahri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ahri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ahri helps Zilean perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Ahri, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This could signal that Ahri does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Ahri 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 Ahri.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Ahri on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Ahri does a poor job of protecting Zilean in team fights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Ahri?
There is no perfect synergy for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Ahri is a relatively poor companion for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, she decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 48.4%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Zilean and Ahri that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Ahri has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be very careful when arranging Ahri comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Zilean and Ahri together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ahri teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zilean to synergize with Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Zilean and Ahri synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Ahri than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when playing alongside Ahri with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, 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 rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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