Jhin vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Jhin
based on 5,107 Jhin vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Zilean
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Jhin in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Jhin versus Zilean matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Jhin often has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Zilean
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Who is Better, Jhin or Zilean?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jhin usually wins when trying to fight Zilean, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Jhin makes a good counter to Zilean.
While Jhin does have a higher win rate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Zilean.
Moreover, Jhin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Zilean matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter for Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin usually racks up more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Jhin versus Zilean build include Rapid Firecannon, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Jhin combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Jhin had an average win rate of 51.0% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Zilean as Jhin, Jhin players should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Jhin vs Zilean counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
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