Tryndamere vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Tryndamere
based on 1,087 Tryndamere vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tryndamere vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Tryndamere vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Tryndamere
Tips for Playing as Tryndamere against Zilean
Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
Tryndamere vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Tryndamere in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Tryndamere versus Zilean counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Tryndamere typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tryndamere and Zilean
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Who is Better, Tryndamere or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zilean, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Tryndamere makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Tryndamere does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Zilean.
Furthermore, Tryndamere also has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tryndamere 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Tryndamere is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tryndamere against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Tryndamere in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average racks up more CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Tryndamere versus Zilean build include Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Zilean as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Tryndamere vs Zilean fights, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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