Xayah vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Xayah
based on 628 Xayah vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Zilean
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here feature some important Xayah versus Zilean matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Xayah often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Zilean
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Who is Better, Xayah or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Zilean.
Moreover, Xayah has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a trash counter for Zilean. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually gets much more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Xayah versus Zilean build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when countering Zilean with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Zilean as Xayah, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Xayah vs Zilean face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.1% winrate overall.
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