Viktor vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Viktor
based on 649 Viktor vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Zilean
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Viktor versus Zilean counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Viktor usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Zilean
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Who is Better, Viktor or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viktor usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Viktor into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a garbage counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor 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 stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average accumulates much more CS compared to Zilean. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Zilean build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Viktor had an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Zilean as Viktor, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Viktor vs Zilean LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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