Zilean vs Warwick
How to Beat Warwick as Zilean
based on 1,782 Zilean vs Warwick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Warwick Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Warwick
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 Win Against Warwick
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Zilean vs Warwick Counter Stats
How to Counter Warwick with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here feature several vital Zilean against Warwick counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Warwick. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Warwick. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Warwick
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Who is Better, Zilean or Warwick?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Warwick, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes an ok counter to Warwick.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Warwick, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Warwick.
Furthermore, Zilean has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Warwick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Warwick. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Warwick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Warwick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Warwick. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zilean versus Warwick build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Warwick than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Warwick with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Warwick as Zilean, Zilean players 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 runes players used for Zilean vs Warwick matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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