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Zilean

Zilean Support

the Chronokeeper
Win Rate: All Roles 51.7% | as Support 51.6%
Pick Rate: All Roles 2.6% | as Support 2.3%
Ban Rate: 1.1%
Analyzed: 16697 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
Support ARAM

Zilean Support Guide

A+ Tier

Zilean performs well in Support with a 51.6% win rate (#9 among Support champions), compared to 51.7% win rate across all roles. Solid pick if you know the champion's kit. Zilean remains niche with 2.6% overall pick rate and 2.3% usage in Support in Plat+ on patch 15.24 (25.24)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 16697 ranked games. Zilean is mostly played in this role - 86.6% of games. Most popular build starts with Ionian Boots of Lucidity, then Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Redemption. Zilean has weak vision control - 0.81 wards/min (#42 among supports). Averages 3.3 KDA (#4 among Support champions). Has a 1.1% ban rate (132nd place). Zilean deals mostly magic damage, ideal for teams lacking AP threats. Most used runes for this build are Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, for Sorcery primary and Cheap Shot, Relentless Hunter, for Domination secondary. When playing, most players max abilities in Q > E > W order. Zilean Support is strong against Blitzcrank, Alistar, Neeko, and weak against Janna, Sona, and Pantheon.

Zilean Roles

Zilean

  • Support
    (Support - 86.6%) 14451 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 13102 ARAM games

Zilean Support Stats

51.6%
Win Rate (Role)
86.6%
Support (Role Rate)
1.1%
Ban Rate
0.0000
Penta/Game
2.1
Kills/Game
5.2
Deaths/Game
15.0
Assists/Game
0.81
Wards/Min
1.53
CS/Min
298
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 11.4%
Magic: 78.8%
True: 9.78%

Overall Champion Matrix

Zilean Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
51.6% Win Rate 40.9% Pick Rate5913 games

Highest Win Rate
Cleanse
Cleanse Removes all disables (excluding suppression and airborne) and summoner spell debuffs affecting your champion and gives Tenacity.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
66.2% Win Rate 0.1% Pick Rate13 games

Zilean Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
50.6% Win Rate 88.9% Pick Rate12851 games
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
51.3% Win Rate 78.4% Pick Rate11327 games
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
53.1% Win Rate 6.5% Pick Rate945 games
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
50.3% Win Rate 4.2% Pick Rate611 games
Core Build
Bandleglass Mirror
Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
100% Base Mana Regen
10 Ability Haste
->
Shurelya's Battlesong
Shurelya's Battlesong (2200 gold) 50 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
125% Base Mana Regen
Inspiring Speech
Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate (2250 gold) 60 Ability Power
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen
Coordinated Fire (0s) per target
Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion marks them for 5 seconds. Ally champion damage detonates the mark, dealing magic damage equal to 10% of current health.
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
54.8% Win Rate 11.7% Pick Rate1684 games
Final Build
Cosmic Drive
Cosmic Drive (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
25 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
Spelldance
Dealing magic or true damage to champions grants Move Speed for 4 seconds.
67.7% Win Rate 11.2% Pick Rate1614 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Boots
Boots (300 gold) 25 Move Speed
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
62.4% Win Rate 0.4% Pick Rate51 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
53.1% Win Rate 6.5% Pick Rate945 games
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.0% Win Rate 4.0% Pick Rate579 games
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
51.6% Win Rate 0.6% Pick Rate88 games
Core Build
Bandleglass Mirror
Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
100% Base Mana Regen
10 Ability Haste
->
Shurelya's Battlesong
Shurelya's Battlesong (2200 gold) 50 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
125% Base Mana Regen
Inspiring Speech
Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate (2250 gold) 60 Ability Power
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen
Coordinated Fire (0s) per target
Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion marks them for 5 seconds. Ally champion damage detonates the mark, dealing magic damage equal to 10% of current health.
Cosmic Drive
Cosmic Drive (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
25 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
Spelldance
Dealing magic or true damage to champions grants Move Speed for 4 seconds.
70.5% Win Rate 2.3% Pick Rate325 games
Final Build
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
99.1% Win Rate 2.3% Pick Rate335 games
Other Items
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
58.5% Win Rate 10.0% Pick Rate1438 games
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
53.4% Win Rate 8.7% Pick Rate1254 games
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon (2950 gold) 75 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Grievous Wounds
Dealing magic damage to champions applies 40% Wounds for 3 seconds.
39.6% Win Rate 5.9% Pick Rate847 games
Luden's Companion
Luden's Companion (2850 gold) 100 Ability Power
600 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Fire
Damaging Abilities fire 6 Shots that deal bonus magic damage to the target and nearby enemies. Remaining Shots fire on the primary target, dealing 20% damage.
62.8% Win Rate 4.6% Pick Rate668 games
Stormsurge
Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
4% Move Speed
Stormraider
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Squall
After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
50.0% Win Rate 3.6% Pick Rate513 games
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
67.0% Win Rate 3.5% Pick Rate510 games
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
99.1% Win Rate 2.3% Pick Rate335 games

Zilean Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Summon Aery

Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Waterwalking
Waterwalking

Waterwalking

Gain 10 Move Speed and 13 - 30 Adaptive Force (based on level) when in the rive…

Secondary Path
Domination
Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Adaptive
Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

51.7% Win Rate 53.7% Pick Rate7754 games

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Unsealed Spellbook
Unsealed Spellbook

Unsealed Spellbook

Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each uniqu…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic

Triple Tonic

Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice.Upon reaching level 6, gain an…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Adaptive
Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

+2% Move Speed
+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

52.2% Win Rate 4.3% Pick Rate617 games

Zilean best with

Urgot Synergy Champion
+10.2%
Urgot
Urgot
Irelia Synergy Champion
+6.9%
Irelia
Irelia

Zilean Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
49.8% Win Rate 40.2% Pick Rate5804 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: E > W > Q
59.6% Win Rate 1.9% Pick Rate276 games

Countered by Zilean

Blitzcrank - countered by Zilean
+6.4%
Blitzcrank
Blitzcrank
Alistar - countered by Zilean
+5.4%
Alistar
Alistar
Neeko - countered by Zilean
+3.1%
Neeko
Neeko
Yuumi - countered by Zilean
+2.8%
Yuumi
Yuumi
Mel - countered by Zilean
+2.7%
Mel
Mel
Nautilus - countered by Zilean
+2.6%
Nautilus
Nautilus
Lux - countered by Zilean
+2.2%
Lux
Lux
Vel'Koz - countered by Zilean
+1.4%
Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz
Leona - countered by Zilean
+1.2%
Leona
Leona
Morgana - countered by Zilean
+3.4%
Morgana
Morgana

Zilean Counterpicks

Janna - effective counter against Zilean
-6.4%
Janna
Janna
Sona - effective counter against Zilean
-6.0%
Sona
Sona
Pantheon - effective counter against Zilean
-5.4%
Pantheon
Pantheon
Xerath - effective counter against Zilean
-5.3%
Xerath
Xerath
Milio - effective counter against Zilean
-3.9%
Milio
Milio
Senna - effective counter against Zilean
-3.3%
Senna
Senna
Nami - effective counter against Zilean
-2.5%
Nami
Nami
Rakan - effective counter against Zilean
-1.6%
Rakan
Rakan
Zyra - effective counter against Zilean
-1.4%
Zyra
Zyra

Zilean Support Lane Matchups

Zilean
+6.4%
Blitzcrank

Zilean vs Blitzcrank
Zilean
+5.4%
Alistar

Zilean vs Alistar
Zilean
+3.5%
Soraka

Zilean vs Soraka
Zilean
+3.4%
Morgana

Zilean vs Morgana
Zilean
+3.1%
Braum

Zilean vs Braum
Zilean
+3.0%
Pyke

Zilean vs Pyke
Zilean
+2.8%
Yuumi

Zilean vs Yuumi
Zilean
+2.6%
Nautilus

Zilean vs Nautilus
Zilean
+2.2%
Lux

Zilean vs Lux
Zilean
+2.2%
Lulu

Zilean vs Lulu
Zilean
+1.7%
Thresh

Zilean vs Thresh
Zilean
+1.6%
Bard

Zilean vs Bard
Zilean
+1.2%
Leona

Zilean vs Leona
Zilean
+1.0%
Karma

Zilean vs Karma
Zilean
-1.6%
Rakan

Zilean vs Rakan
Zilean
-2.5%
Nami

Zilean vs Nami
Zilean
-3.9%
Milio

Zilean vs Milio
Zilean
-6.4%
Janna

Zilean vs Janna

Zilean lore:

Once a powerful Icathian mage, Zilean became obsessed with the passage of time after witnessing his homeland's destruction by the Void. Unable to spare even a minute to grieve the catastrophic loss, he called upon ancient temporal magic to divine all possible outcomes. Having become functionally immortal, Zilean now drifts through the past, present, and future, bending and warping the flow of time around him, always searching for that elusive moment that will turn back the clock and undo Icathia's destruction.

Zilean tips:

  • 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.
  • 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.

Playing Against Zilean

  • 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.
  • Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.

Zilean abilities description:

Time In A Bottle
P
Time In A Bottle (passive)
Zilean stores time as Experience and can grant it to his allies. When he has enough Experience to finish an ally's level up, he can right-click them to impart it. Zilean receives as much Experience as he gives.
Time Bomb
Q
Time Bomb (Q)
Tosses a bomb to target area that sticks to units that come near it (prioritizes Champions). It detonates after 3 seconds, dealing area of effect damage. If a Time Bomb is detonated early by another Time Bomb, it also stuns enemies.
Rewind
W
Rewind (W)
Zilean can prepare himself for future confrontations, reducing the cooldowns of his other basic abilities.
Time Warp
E
Time Warp (E)
Zilean bends time around any unit, decreasing an enemy's Move Speed or increasing an ally's Move Speed for a short time.
Chronoshift
R
Chronoshift (R)
Zilean places a protective time rune on an allied champion, teleporting the champion back in time if they take lethal damage.

Zilean Skins and Splash Arts

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Old Saint Zilean Old Saint Zilean
Groovy Zilean Groovy Zilean
Shurima Desert Zilean Shurima Desert Zilean
Time Machine Zilean Time Machine Zilean
Blood Moon Zilean Blood Moon Zilean
Sugar Rush Zilean Sugar Rush Zilean
Winterblessed Zilean Winterblessed Zilean