Sylas vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Sylas
based on 1,493 Sylas vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Zilean
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Sylas against Zilean matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Sylas often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Zilean
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Who is Better, Sylas or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually fairs equally well when taking on Zilean, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Sylas does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Sylas also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Zilean.
Furthermore, Sylas has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually gets more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Sylas versus Zilean build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Zilean than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Zilean as Sylas, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Sylas vs Zilean face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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