Taric vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Taric
based on 416 Taric vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Zilean
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Taric vs. Zilean counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean..
Taric typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Zilean
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Who is Better, Taric or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually fairs equally well when playing against Zilean, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Taric makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Taric does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taric into Zilean.
Moreover, Taric also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Taric 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 teamfights.
Taric is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric typically racks up less CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Taric versus Zilean build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Zilean than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Zilean as Taric, Taric players should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Taric vs Zilean face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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