Zilean vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Zilean
based on 611 Zilean vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Zilean vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Zilean against Jayce matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jayce. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Jayce
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Who is Better, Zilean or Jayce?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually loses when trying to fight Jayce, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a poor counter to Jayce.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zilean into Jayce.
Additionally, Zilean has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This 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 Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zilean is a trash counter to Jayce. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Jayce. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Jayce build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Jayce than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Jayce with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Jayce as Zilean, you 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 sets we have analyed for Zilean vs Jayce counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.
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