Zilean vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Zilean
based on 2,810 Zilean vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Zilean vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Zilean versus Yasuo matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Zilean or Yasuo?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter to Yasuo.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Yasuo.
Moreover, Zilean also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often racks up a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zilean versus Yasuo build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zilean used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Yasuo than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 49.7% battling Yasuo with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Yasuo as Zilean, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Zilean vs Yasuo counters, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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