Zilean vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Zilean
based on 765 Zilean vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Zilean vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Zilean vs. Illaoi matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Zilean or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when playing against Illaoi, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes a good counter for Illaoi.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate compared to Illaoi, when facing one another, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Illaoi.
Moreover, Zilean has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Illaoi matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean to counter Illaoi 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 will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often accumulates a lot less CS as Illaoi. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, 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 do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Zilean versus Illaoi build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Illaoi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when countering Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Illaoi as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Zilean vs Illaoi face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
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