Zilean with Illaoi
How to Synergize Zilean and Illaoi
based on 749 Zilean with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Illaoi
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 Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Zilean Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Illaoi helps Zilean perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is paired with Illaoi, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Illaoi provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Illaoi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Illaoi on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Illaoi does a poor job of covering Zilean during teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Illaoi
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no ideal synergy for Zilean that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Illaoi is a relatively poor companion for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, she drops their win rate by -1.3% to 49.4%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Zilean and Illaoi that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be careful when lining up Illaoi teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Zilean and Illaoi together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a lot of AD. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zilean in order to work well with Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Zilean and Illaoi synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Illaoi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when playing alongside Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Zilean players 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 builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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