Fizz vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Fizz
based on 2,256 Fizz vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fizz vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Fizz vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Fizz
Tips for Playing as Fizz against Zilean
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
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.
Fizz vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Fizz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Fizz against Zilean matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the two. Fizz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Fizz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Fizz usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fizz and Zilean
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Who is Better, Fizz or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Fizz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zilean, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Fizz makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Fizz does have a higher win rate compared to Zilean, when they face off with one another, Fizz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Fizz into Zilean.
Furthermore, Fizz also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Fizz vs Zilean matchups, Fizz is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Fizz is a decent counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Fizz against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Fizz in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fizz most often accumulates more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Fizz versus Zilean build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Fizz incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Fizz boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Zilean as Fizz, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Fizz vs Zilean clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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