Anivia vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Anivia
based on 589 Anivia vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Zilean
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several significant Anivia against Zilean counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Anivia typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Zilean
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Who is Better, Anivia or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Anivia usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zilean, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Anivia does have a higher win rate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Zileanas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Zilean matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Anivia is a decent counter for Zilean. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia most often picks up more CS compared to Zilean. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Anivia versus Zilean build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Zilean as Anivia, Anivia players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Anivia vs Zilean fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
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