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How to Win Seraphine vs Zilean Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Zilean

How to Beat Zilean as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zilean as Seraphine

based on 2,138 Seraphine vs Zilean matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.58
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Zilean as Seraphine resulted from an evaluation of 2138 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Seraphine encounters Zilean in only 1.2% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Zilean Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Seraphine does a below average job of countering Zilean. On average, she wins a lowly 47.6% of the time the champs face each other in. In Seraphine vs Zilean matches, Seraphine’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Zilean.

Best Seraphine vs Zilean Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalTear of the Goddess

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Celestial OppositionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreSeraph's EmbraceMorellonomiconLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
>
Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Zilean Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Zilean Image
3.1
< Kills >
2.4
5.5
< Deaths >
4.6
11.1
< Assists >
13.1
0.66
< Killing Sprees >
0.5
108
< Minions Killed >
57
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.57
1,407
< Physical Damage >
949
12,596
< Magic Damage >
9,912
452
< True Damage >
698
14,456
< Damage Dealt >
11,559
17,250
< Damage Taken >
18,277
9,926
< Gold Earned >
9,013
2.13
< Towers >
2.03
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,253
< Total Healing >
6,868
11,971
< Experience >
12,128
41
< Vision Score >
54
18
< Wards Placed >
23
257
< Time Dealing CC >
178

How to Counter Zilean with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Seraphine versus Zilean matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean..

Seraphine normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Seraphine and Zilean

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Zilean
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Zilean

Who is Better, Seraphine or Zilean?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Seraphine usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Seraphine makes a poor counter to Zilean.

While Seraphine does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Seraphine also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Seraphine into Zilean.

Additionally, Seraphine has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Seraphine 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 allied champions during team fights.

Seraphine is a terribly counter for Zilean. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Seraphine against Zilean.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Zilean Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zilean as Seraphine, we analyzed 2,138 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zilean as Seraphine comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Seraphine Build Zilean Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Seraphine in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine usually racks up more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Seraphine versus Zilean build consist of Celestial Opposition, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Seraphine combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Zilean than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Seraphine boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Zilean with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of crushing Zilean as Seraphine, Seraphine players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Seraphine vs Zilean counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

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