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League of Legends Champion ZileanZilean is in the a tier of champions

Zilean

SupportMage
Zilean is a supportRolesupport
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Time In A Bottle abilityp
Time Bomb abilityq
Rewind abilityw
Time Warp abilitye
Chronoshift abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
support

Zilean Build

based on 41,951 matches
Win Rate
50.2 %
Pick Rate
2.8 %
Ban Rate
0.7 %

How We Come Up with Our Zilean Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Zilean build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Zilean builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Zilean core items and runes for any situation.

Zilean Build Summary

Zilean is a an average utility lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Inspiration. Including the highlighted runes shown below in your Zilean build will give you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Zilean

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Control WardSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBandleglass Mirror

Core Zilean Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongMikael's BlessingShard of True IceIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Vigilant WardstoneRedemptionCosmic DriveImperial Mandate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zilean to level upq
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Second ability for Zilean to level upe
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Last skill for Zilean to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorArmor
Zilean's passive ability p
Zilean's q ability q
Zilean's w ability w
Zilean's e ability e
Zilean's ultimate ability r
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Zilean Matchups Overview

Zilean is Weak Against

HeimerdingerHeimerdinger45.3% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.9% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank47.2% winrateZyraZyra47.8% winrate

Zilean is Strong Against

Tahm KenchTahm Kench55.7% winrateMilioMilio53.5% winrateTaricTaric53.4% winrateBardBard53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Wukongjungle+ 54.1% 279 GamesCamilletop+ 54.2% 758 GamesKog'Mawbottom+ 54.7% 446 GamesRumblemiddle+ 55.6% 126 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Zilean Players

Tips and Tricks

Time Bomb can wipe out enemy minion waves. This is a boon if you are laning solo with Zilean, but if you are support a carry, be careful not to end up stealing too much minion gold.

Cast Chronoshift to protect your carries during teamfights. It will let them flee from danger or chase down enemies. If you also have the Summon Aery rune, you will shield them too.

Zilean FAQs

Q: How can some players fling their bombs so quickly? Are they using a Macro?

A: If you're not familiar with what a Macro is, it's a pre-programmed set of key presses that you can activate with a single key or button. While some Zilean champs may be using Macros, we don't recommend it. Besides, it's not that hard to hit his combo well and fling those bombs out really fast. Just press Q+W+Q quickly. Just don't screw up the order or realize Q is still on CD. If Q is still on cooldown, you'll use up W on it, and you'll just fling at the single bomb with everything on cool down.

Q: What can I do to make Zilean do a lot more as a support?

A: If you give Zilean the Summon Aery rune, he will shield his allies when he uses his E (Time Warp) on them. In doing so, he will be able to use items like Ardent Censer that buff allies when they are shielded or healed. Including this item in your Zilean build gives him a lot more versatility as a support.

Q: What is Zilean's greatest strength?

A: Zilean has two very powerful abilities. First, he has a targeted, ranged, AoE stun. While he can miss it, it's incredibly powerful. Also, with enough CDR in your Zilean build, he can lockdown or zone out enemies almost continuously in the late game. Second, his Ult can resurrect an ally in combat. In many teamfights, it's almost like having an extra champion to go 6 v 5 with the enemy.

Q: What is Zilean's biggest weakness?

A: Zilean's biggest vulnerability is that his Q is a skillshot. You will need to hit two skillshots in a row with a relatively small hit radius. Practice with Zilean and learn to anticipate your enemies. It is the key to getting better at Zilean.

Additional Zilean Build Insights

League of Legends Zilean players may find him to be a complex champion to build out properly. You will find that his build is modified when he is up against either diversified or specialized team comps, showing you should not follow the same Zilean build every single game of League of Legends

The most important items to use in your champion's build include: Shurelya's Battlesong, Mikael's Blessing, and Shard of True Ice. Players who included these items in their builds had a greater winrate than players who used other item builds for Zilean. Likewise, if you are playing a well-mixed enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Sorcery, and Inspiration runes. In recent games, he won the greatest percentage of his games when built with these runes.

We came up with our Zilean build recommendations by analyzing 41,951 recently ranked LoL games with him in them. We only recommend the best winrate Zilean builds that have been used by ranked players enough times for us to propose them. With so many rounds in our data, we are quite confident in our provided builds.