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How to Win Rek'Sai vs Zilean Counter MatchupRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions

Rek'Sai vs Zilean

How to Beat Zilean as Rek'Sai in LoLRek'Sai is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zilean as Rek'Sai

based on 217 Rek'Sai vs Zilean matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Rek'Sai fought Zilean 217 times. Using so many matchups for Rek'Sai vs Zilean provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a pro build to suppress Zilean. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Rek'Sai is forced to battle against Zilean in only 1.1% of his matches.

Rek'Sai vs Zilean Matchup Summary

Rek'Sai does a good job of beating Zilean. Typically, he wins a fantastic 53.0% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Rek'Sai versus Zilean rounds, Rek'Sai’s side is 0.2% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Zilean.

Best Rek'Sai vs Zilean Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Zilean

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

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.

Rek'Sai vs Zilean Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Zilean Image
7
< Kills >
2.6
6
< Deaths >
5
7.3
< Assists >
13.4
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
0.53
33
< Minions Killed >
62
1.65
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
14,888
< Physical Damage >
1,053
74
< Magic Damage >
10,697
3,677
< True Damage >
761
18,640
< Damage Dealt >
12,513
36,716
< Damage Taken >
18,939
11,942
< Gold Earned >
9,236
1.31
< Towers >
1.91
0.4
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
18,046
< Total Healing >
7,168
13,719
< Experience >
12,289
24
< Vision Score >
53
6
< Wards Placed >
23
292
< Time Dealing CC >
183

How to Counter Zilean with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Rek'Sai versus Zilean counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Rek'Sai often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Zilean

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Zilean
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Zilean

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Zilean?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when trying to fight Zilean, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a good counter to Zilean.

While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Rek'Sai into Zilean.

Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Zilean matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rek'Sai is an above average counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Zilean.

Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai vs Zilean Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zilean as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 217 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zilean as Rek'Sai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai on average gets less CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Zilean build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Zilean than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Zilean face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.

If you need to get Rek'Sai x Zilean tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using all games completed with both champions.