Zilean vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Zilean
based on 683 Zilean vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Lulu Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zilean Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Lulu as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Zilean vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Zilean versus Lulu counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lulu..
Zilean typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lulu. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Lulu
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Zilean or Lulu?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lulu, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter for Lulu.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Lulu, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Lulu.
Moreover, Zilean has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lulu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Lulu matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Lulu. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Lulu.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
Additional Information for Zilean Players
How We Calculated Our Zilean vs Lulu Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean to counter Lulu during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually gets more CS relative to Lulu. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Zilean versus Lulu build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Lulu than with most other common builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Lulu with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Lulu as Zilean, you 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 rune combinations players used for Zilean vs Lulu counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
If you want to view Zilean x Lulu tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides shown are calculated using all matches completed with both champions.