Ahri vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Ahri
based on 1,247 Ahri vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Zilean
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.
Advice to Win Against Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Ahri vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Ahri in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several valuable Ahri against Zilean matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Ahri usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Zilean
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Who is Better, Ahri or Zilean?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ahri usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ahri into Zilean.
Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Ahri is a bad counter to Zilean. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri on average accumulates more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ahri versus Zilean build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Zilean than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ahri boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zilean as Ahri, Ahri players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Ahri vs Zilean counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.
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