Zilean vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Zilean
based on 1,015 Zilean vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Zilean vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several significant Zilean versus Syndra counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Syndra. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Syndra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Syndra
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Who is Better, Zilean or Syndra?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when playing against Syndra, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a great counter for Syndra.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Zilean into Syndra.
Moreover, Zilean also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This often 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 Syndra matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a great counter for Syndra. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Syndra. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Syndra build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Syndra than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Syndra with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Syndra as Zilean, you should equip 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 that we analyzed for Zilean vs Syndra clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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