Darius vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Darius
based on 1,470 Darius vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Zilean
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.
Advice to Win Against Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Darius vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Darius in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Darius against Zilean counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Darius typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Zilean
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Who is Better, Darius or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when trying to fight Zilean, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Darius makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Darius does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Zilean.
Moreover, Darius has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Darius against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius typically picks up more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Darius versus Zilean build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Force of Nature. When Darius incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Zilean as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Darius vs Zilean matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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