Zilean with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Zilean and Blitzcrank
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Zilean Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Blitzcrank
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 Understand How Blitzcrank Will Play
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Zilean Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Blitzcrank helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Blitzcrank, he gets a big jump in his total damage output. This may signal that Blitzcrank supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Blitzcrank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Blitzcrank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Blitzcrank.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Blitzcrank on the same team, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Blitzcrank does a poor job of covering Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Blitzcrank
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no ideal companion for Zilean that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Blitzcrank is a fantastic ally for Zilean. By playing on the same team as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 3.3% to 54.0%. This signals that there is an important strategic relationship between Zilean and Blitzcrank that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Blitzcrank has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be very careful when finding Blitzcrank allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Zilean players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Zilean and Blitzcrank together, you probably will not be providing your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Blitzcrank ally's skill level, 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 Zilean to synergize with Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to build first in your Zilean and Blitzcrank synergy build include Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Blitzcrank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 54.0% when playing alongside Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.0% winrate overall.
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