Zilean vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Zilean
based on 1,392 Zilean vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Zilean vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Zilean vs. Tristana matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tristana. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Tristana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Tristana
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Who is Better, Zilean or Tristana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Tristana, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a good counter to Tristana.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Tristana.
Furthermore, Zilean has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Tristana matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average gets less CS as Tristana. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Tristana build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Tristana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 51.9% battling Tristana with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Tristana as Zilean, Zilean players should equip 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 players used for Zilean vs Tristana LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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