Zilean with Lissandra
How to Synergize Zilean and Lissandra
based on 487 Zilean with Lissandra pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Lissandra Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Lissandra
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 Lissandra Will Play
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Zilean Lissandra Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lissandra as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Lissandra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lissandra, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lissandra. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lissandra helps Zilean perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Lissandra, he gets a noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may signal that Lissandra does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Lissandra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Lissandra.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Lissandra on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Lissandra does a decent job of covering Zilean in team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Lissandra
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Lissandra?
There is no one best companion for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Lissandra is a very typical companion for Zilean. By locking into the same side as Zilean, she lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 50.3%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Zilean and Lissandra that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Lissandra has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be careful when enlisting Lissandra allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Zilean players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Zilean and Lissandra together, you will not be providing your team much AD. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Lissandra ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zilean in order to pair well with Lissandra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Zilean and Lissandra synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Lissandra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 50.3% helping carry Lissandra with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zilean and Lissandra pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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