Xerath vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Xerath
based on 1,745 Xerath vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Zilean
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Xerath against Zilean matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Xerath usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Zilean
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Who is Better, Xerath or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zilean, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter to Zilean.
While Xerath does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often accumulates more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Xerath versus Zilean build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Zilean than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Zilean as Xerath, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xerath vs Zilean clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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