Orianna vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Orianna
based on 628 Orianna vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Zilean
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Orianna versus Zilean counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean..
Orianna usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Zilean
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Who is Better, Orianna or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a poor counter for Zilean.
While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Orianna into Zileanas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Orianna is a trash counter to Zilean. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Orianna to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna on average gets much more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Orianna versus Zilean build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 46.5% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Zilean as Orianna, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Orianna vs Zilean battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.5% winrate overall.
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