Zilean with Xerath
How to Synergize Zilean and Xerath
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Zilean Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Zilean Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xerath helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean is paired with Xerath, he observes a little drop in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Xerath does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Xerath 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 with Xerath.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Xerath on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Xerath
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no ideal companion for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Xerath is a decent ally for Zilean. By locking into the same side as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 1.8% to 52.5%. This signals that there is a good bond between Zilean and Xerath that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players should be very careful when arranging Xerath allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, Zilean players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Zilean and Xerath together, you will not be granting your side much sustained damage output. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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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 synergize with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Zilean and Xerath synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Xerath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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