Zilean vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Zilean
based on 1,735 Zilean vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Zilean vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Zilean against Varus counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Varus
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Who is Better, Zilean or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually wins when playing against Varus, with a 54.5% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a great counter for Varus.
While Zilean does have a much higher win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Varus.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Varus matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zilean is a great counter for Varus. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually gets a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Zilean versus Varus build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Varus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 54.5% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Varus as Zilean, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zilean vs Varus counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.5% win rate overall.
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