Yasuo vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Yasuo
based on 2,810 Yasuo vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Zilean
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Yasuo versus Zilean counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is largely a result of the differences in killsdeaths.
Yasuo typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Zilean
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Zilean?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zilean, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Zilean matchups, Yasuo 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.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Zilean. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average picks up much more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Yasuo versus Zilean build include Infinity Edge, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Zilean than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Zilean as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Yasuo vs Zilean LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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