Zilean vs Lee Sin
How to Beat Lee Sin as Zilean
based on 1,365 Zilean vs Lee Sin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Lee Sin
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 Lee Sin
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Zilean vs Lee Sin Counter Stats
How to Counter Lee Sin with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Zilean against Lee Sin counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Lee Sin
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Who is Better, Zilean or Lee Sin?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Lee Sin, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a great counter for Lee Sin.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Lee Sin.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Lee Sin matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a great counter to Lee Sin. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Lee Sin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Lee Sin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average racks up more CS relative to Lee Sin. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Lee Sin build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Lee Sin than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when playing against Lee Sin with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Lee Sin as Zilean, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Zilean vs Lee Sin counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.
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