Zilean vs Fizz
How to Beat Fizz as Zilean
based on 2,256 Zilean vs Fizz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Fizz Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Fizz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fizz as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Fizz
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Win Against Fizz
Fizz's attacks becomes more deadly for a few seconds after he uses his empowered attack - keep him away while his trident is glowing!
Fizz is a slippery target when his abilities are not on cooldown - bait him into using them early and follow up with crowd control or hard-hitting attacks!
Zilean vs Fizz Counter Stats
How to Counter Fizz with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Zilean vs. Fizz matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fizz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Fizz. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Fizz. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Fizz
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Who is Better, Zilean or Fizz?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Fizz, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter to Fizz.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Fizz, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Fizz.
Additionally, Zilean also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fizz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Fizz matchups, Fizz is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Fizz. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Fizz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Fizz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually racks up less CS compared to Fizz. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Fizz build include Morellonomicon, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Fizz than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Fizz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Fizz as Zilean, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zilean vs Fizz counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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