Evelynn vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Evelynn
based on 1,135 Evelynn vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Zilean
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Evelynn in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Evelynn against Zilean counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Evelynn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Zilean
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zilean, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Evelynn makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Evelynn does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Evelynn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Evelynn into Zileanas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Evelynn also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Evelynn is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Evelynn against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Evelynn in order to counter Zilean during both the laning 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 stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn often racks up less CS compared to Zilean. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Evelynn versus Zilean build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Zilean with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Zilean as Evelynn, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Evelynn vs Zilean matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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