LeBlanc vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as LeBlanc
based on 746 LeBlanc vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
LeBlanc vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best LeBlanc vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as LeBlanc
Tips for Playing as LeBlanc against Zilean
Using Distortion can help your positioning to land Ethereal Chains.
You can chain Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains to prevent characters with blink from escaping for up to 4 seconds.
Distortion allows you to be aggressive with your other spells while being able to return to safety.
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.
LeBlanc vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with LeBlanc in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important LeBlanc against Zilean counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, LeBlanc’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that LeBlanc may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
LeBlanc often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between LeBlanc and Zilean
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Who is Better, LeBlanc or Zilean?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, LeBlanc usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, LeBlanc makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While LeBlanc does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, LeBlanc also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking LeBlanc into Zileanas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, LeBlanc also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in LeBlanc vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
LeBlanc is a trash counter to Zilean. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as LeBlanc against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master LeBlanc 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
LeBlanc usually picks up more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your LeBlanc versus Zilean build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When LeBlanc bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Zilean than with many other typical builds. In fact, LeBlanc boasted an average win rate of 46.2% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Zilean as LeBlanc, LeBlanc players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for LeBlanc vs Zilean fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
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