Viktor with Zilean
How to Synergize Viktor and Zilean
based on 622 Viktor with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Zilean
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zilean. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zilean helps Viktor perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Viktor is an ally to Zilean, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Zilean helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played with Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Zilean on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Viktor in team fights.
Synergies between Viktor and Zilean
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Viktor that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Zilean is a very typical teammate for Viktor. By locking into the same side as Viktor, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 49.5%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Viktor and Zilean that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Zilean has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Zilean comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Viktor and Zilean together, you will not be giving your side enough attack damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Viktor to synergize with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Viktor and Zilean synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 49.5% helping carry Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Viktor players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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