Zilean with Darius
How to Synergize Zilean and Darius
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Zilean Darius Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Darius
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Darius
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 Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Zilean Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 Darius. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Darius helps Zilean perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is paired with Darius, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Darius does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Darius on the same side, 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 synergisticly with Darius.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Darius on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Darius does a decent job of covering Zilean during teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Darius
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Darius?
There is no ideal synergy for Zilean that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, Darius is a decent teammate for Zilean. By locking into the same team as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 52.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Zilean and Darius that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be cautious when lining up Darius comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Zilean players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Zilean and Darius together, you probably will not be giving your team much AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Darius ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zilean in order to synergize with Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Zilean and Darius synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Darius than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 52.0% helping carry Darius with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.
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