# Zilean Counters Who counters Zilean? Best and worst picks against Zilean by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Zilean in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) ## Page Content [Zilean guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) [Play against Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/how-to-play-against/) [Zilean counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/counters/) Best and worst picks against Zilean in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Sona, Pyke and Tahm Kench beat Zilean most often. Senna, Zyra and Lux win the laning phase against Zilean by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Zilean Highest win rate versus Zilean in Support. - 1 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 231 games 58.0% - 2 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 361 games 55.4% - 3 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 255 games 54.1% - 4 [Milio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/milio/) 523 games 52.4% - 5 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 707 games 51.8% - 6 [Janna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/janna/) 452 games 51.5% - 7 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 273 games 51.3% ## Worst picks against Zilean Lowest win rate versus Zilean in Support. - 1 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 229 games 41.5% - 2 [Renata Glasc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renata/) 129 games 41.9% - 3 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 128 games 43.0% - 4 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 217 games 43.3% - 5 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 132 games 43.9% - 6 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 284 games 44.0% - 7 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 239 games 44.4% - 8 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 257 games 44.8% - 9 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 423 games 44.9% - 10 [Soraka](https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/) 386 games 45.1% - 11 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 346 games 45.7% - 12 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 145 games 46.2% - 13 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 112 games 46.4% - 14 [Lulu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lulu/) 1,015 games 46.7% - 15 [Braum](https://baronbuff.com/champions/braum/) 350 games 46.9% ## Best lane counters vs Zilean Largest gold lead over Zilean at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 119 games +457 - 2 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 105 games +356 - 3 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 257 games +260 - 4 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 160 games +178 - 5 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 109 games +155 - 6 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 200 games +130 - 7 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 203 games +96 ## How to play against Zilean Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Push the wave early and make him last-hit under tower. Zilean lacks strong early threat when he is forced to farm instead of poke. - Punish missed Q by stepping forward before the next bomb cycle. His lane control drops when he cannot threaten a double Q. - Avoid chasing too far when he is nearby. His speed boost turns overextended picks into long-distance collapses. - Force him to use ult before your main damage commits. Switch targets or pause damage until the revive window ends. - Bait ult on a low-value target, then reset the fight. Zilean is much easier to beat when the revive is down before the carry is threatened. ## Where Zilean is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Zilean contributes little direct damage, so teams that survive his revive can outmuscle his utility. - Zilean protects one priority target at a time, making split threats and target swaps stretch his cooldowns. ## Zilean counters: questions ### Who counters Zilean in Support? At Gold+, Sona (58.0%), Pyke (55.4%) and Tahm Kench (54.1%) have the highest win rates against Zilean. ### Who does Zilean counter? Zilean wins most often against Vel'Koz (41.5%), Renata Glasc (41.9%) and Maokai (43.0%). ### Who wins lane against Zilean? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Senna (+457), Zyra (+356) and Lux (+260) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Zilean. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Senna counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/counters/) - [Zyra counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)