Zilean vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Zilean
based on 649 Zilean vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Zilean vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Zilean vs. Viktor counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Viktor
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Who is Better, Zilean or Viktor?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Viktor, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a great counter to Viktor.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate than Viktor, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zilean into Viktor.
Additionally, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Viktor matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zilean is a great counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter Viktor during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Viktor. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zilean versus Viktor build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Viktor than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Viktor with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Viktor 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zilean vs Viktor clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.
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