Zilean with Braum
How to Synergize Zilean and Braum
based on 68 Zilean with Braum pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Braum Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Braum Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Braum
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Braum
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 Braum Will Play
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
Zilean Braum Synergy Stats
How to Play with Braum as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Braum synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Braum, 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 Braum. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Braum helps Zilean perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Braum, he gets a great improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Braum provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Braum on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Braum.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Braum on the same side, he usually receives significantly more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Braum does a poor job of protecting Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Braum
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Braum?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Braum is a below average teammate for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, he lowers their win rate by -2.2% to 48.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Zilean and Braum that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Braum has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be careful when finding Braum teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Together, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Conversely, by aligning Zilean and Braum together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Braum ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to work well with Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Zilean and Braum synergy build consist of Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Braum than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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