Viego vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Viego
based on 1,591 Viego vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Viego
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.
Viego vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Viego in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Viego vs. Zilean matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Viego normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Typically, they receives more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viego and Zilean
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Who is Better, Viego or Zilean?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viego usually wins when facing off against Zilean, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Viego makes a good counter to Zilean.
While Viego does have a higher winrate than Zilean, when facing one another, Viego also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viego into Zilean.
Furthermore, Viego also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viego vs Zilean matchups, Viego is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Viego is a decent counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viego against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viego to counter Zilean during both the early game 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego typically accumulates less CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Viego versus Zilean build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 51.1% battling Zilean with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Zilean as Viego, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Viego vs Zilean LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% win rate overall.
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