Jarvan IV vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Jarvan IV
based on 667 Jarvan IV vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Zilean
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Jarvan IV against Zilean counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Jarvan IV often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Zilean
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Zilean?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Jarvan IV into Zilean.
Additionally, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a trash counter for Zilean. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Zilean build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when playing against Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Zilean as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Jarvan IV vs Zilean counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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