Sivir vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Sivir
based on 600 Sivir vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Zilean
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Sivir in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some critical Sivir versus Zilean counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean..
Sivir normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Zilean
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Who is Better, Sivir or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when trying to fight Zilean, with a 43.5% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Sivir does have a much lower win rate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Sivir into Zilean.
Moreover, Sivir also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sivir is a bad counter for Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sivir to counter Zilean during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir most often gets much more CS as Zilean. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Sivir versus Zilean build consist of Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 43.5% battling Zilean with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Zilean as Sivir, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Sivir vs Zilean LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 43.5% win rate overall.
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