Zilean with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Zilean and Rek'Sai
based on 238 Zilean with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Zilean Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rek'Sai. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Rek'Sai helps Zilean perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Rek'Sai, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Rek'Sai supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Rek'Sai on the same team, 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 Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Rek'Sai does a poor job of covering Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Rek'Sai
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no one best synergy for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, overall, Rek'Sai is a relatively poor companion for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 48.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Zilean and Rek'Sai that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Rek'Sai has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Rek'Sai comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Zilean players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by bringing Zilean and Rek'Sai together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much sustained damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Rek'Sai teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to pair well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to build first in your Zilean and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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