Urgot vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Urgot
based on 779 Urgot vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Zilean
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Urgot in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Urgot versus Zilean matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Urgot often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Urgot and Zilean
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Who is Better, Urgot or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Urgot usually fairs equally well when taking on Zilean, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Urgot makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Urgot does have a higher winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Urgot also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Urgot into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Urgot 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Zilean matchups, Urgot is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Urgot is a decent counter to Zilean. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Urgot against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Urgot 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 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 closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot on average picks up much more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Urgot versus Zilean build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Urgot incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Zilean than with many other common item sets. In fact, Urgot had an average winrate of 50.4% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Zilean as Urgot, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Urgot vs Zilean fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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