Rek'Sai with Zilean
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Zilean
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Rek'Sai Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Zilean
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Understand How Zilean Will Play
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.
Rek'Sai Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zilean. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zilean helps Rek'Sai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rek'Sai tries to synergize with Zilean, he sees a clear improvement in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Zilean provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played with Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zilean.
Additionally, when Rek'Sai plays with Zilean on the same team, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of covering Rek'Sai in team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Zilean
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no one best synergy for Rek'Sai that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Zilean is a very typical ally for Rek'Sai. By playing on the same team as Rek'Sai, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 48.3%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Rek'Sai and Zilean that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Rek'Sai. That means you need to be cautious when finding Zilean teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. When paired, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by aligning Rek'Sai and Zilean together, you probably will not be granting your team much AD. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai in order to pair well with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai and Zilean synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 48.3% helping carry Zilean with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Rek'Sai and Zilean pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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