Zilean vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Zilean
based on 5,107 Zilean vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Zilean vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Zilean vs. Jhin matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Jhin
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Who is Better, Zilean or Jhin?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when taking on Jhin, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter to Jhin.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate than Jhin, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Jhin.
Moreover, Zilean has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Jhin. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average racks up less CS as Jhin. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zilean versus Jhin build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Vigilant Wardstone. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Jhin than with many other common builds. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Jhin with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Jhin 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. Out of all the runes players chose for Zilean vs Jhin battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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