Zilean vs Tryndamere
How to Beat Tryndamere as Zilean
based on 1,087 Zilean vs Tryndamere matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Tryndamere Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Tryndamere Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tryndamere as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Tryndamere
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 Tryndamere
Try harassing Tryndamere early so he can't kill minions and heal with Bloodlust.
Most of Tryndamere's damage is physical. If he's getting too strong, consider buying a Thornmail.
Remember, Tryndamere can only slow you if you are facing away from him.
Zilean vs Tryndamere Counter Stats
How to Counter Tryndamere with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Zilean against Tryndamere matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tryndamere’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tryndamere. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Tryndamere. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Tryndamere
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Who is Better, Zilean or Tryndamere?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tryndamere, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter for Tryndamere.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Tryndamere, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Tryndamere.
Moreover, Zilean also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tryndamere. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Tryndamere matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter to Tryndamere. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Tryndamere.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Tryndamere during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically picks up less CS as Tryndamere. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Tryndamere build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Tryndamere than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Tryndamere with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Tryndamere 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 rune combinations players used for Zilean vs Tryndamere face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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