Thresh vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Thresh
based on 1,656 Thresh vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Zilean
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Thresh versus Zilean matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean..
Thresh normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Zilean
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Who is Better, Thresh or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a very large amount 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 overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Thresh against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh usually picks up less CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Zilean build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 48.1% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Thresh, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Thresh vs Zilean battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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