Zilean vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Zilean
based on 1,480 Zilean vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Zilean vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Zilean versus Veigar matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Veigar
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Who is Better, Zilean or Veigar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Veigar, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes an ok counter for Veigar.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate than Veigar, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Veigar.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter to Veigar. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually racks up less CS compared to Veigar. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Veigar build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Veigar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Veigar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Veigar 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. Out of all the runes players picked for Zilean vs Veigar counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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