Zilean vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Zilean
based on 643 Zilean vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Nilah
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.
Zilean vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some important Zilean vs. Nilah counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nilah. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nilah. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Nilah
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Who is Better, Zilean or Nilah?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually loses when playing against Nilah, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a poor counter to Nilah.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Zilean also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Nilah.
Moreover, Zilean has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Nilah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average racks up less CS as Nilah. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zilean versus Nilah build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Nilah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Nilah with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Nilah 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zilean vs Nilah clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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