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Zilean

Zilean Support

the Chronokeeper
Win Rate: All Roles 51.6% | as Support 51.3%
Pick Rate: All Roles 2.8% | as Support 2.4%
Ban Rate: 1.1%
Analyzed: 15354 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
Support Mid ARAM

Zilean Support Guide

A+ Tier

Zilean performs well in Support with a 51.3% win rate (#9 among Support champions), compared to 51.6% win rate across all roles. Solid pick if you know the champion's kit. Zilean remains niche with 2.8% overall pick rate and 2.4% usage in Support in Plat+ on patch 15.15 (25.15)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 15354 ranked games. Zilean is mostly played in this role - 85.2% of games. Most popular build starts with Ionian Boots of Lucidity, then Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Redemption. Zilean has average vision control - 0.95 wards/min (#16 among supports). Averages 3.3 KDA (#5 among Support champions). Has a 1.1% ban rate (140th 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 Alistar, Pantheon, Blitzcrank, and weak against Nami, Yuumi, and Morgana.

Zilean Roles

Zilean

  • Support
    (Support - 85.2%) 13079 games

  • Mid
    (Mid - 10.6%) 1629 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 24471 ARAM games

Zilean Support Stats

51.3%
Win Rate (Role)
85.2%
Support (Role Rate)
1.1%
Ban Rate
0.0000
Penta/Game
2.0
Kills/Game
4.9
Deaths/Game
14.1
Assists/Game
0.95
Wards/Min
1.44
CS/Min
295
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 12.0%
Magic: 81.3%
True: 6.73%

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.
53.0% Win Rate 37.4% Pick Rate4895 games

Highest Win Rate
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
53.0% Win Rate 37.4% Pick Rate4895 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.
51.2% Win Rate 90.7% Pick Rate11861 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.
52.6% Win Rate 76.2% Pick Rate9966 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.
52.3% Win Rate 8.1% Pick Rate1058 games
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.3% Win Rate 4.0% Pick Rate527 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.
59.6% Win Rate 8.4% Pick Rate1092 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.
75.7% Win Rate 15.5% Pick Rate2031 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Oracle Lens
Oracle Lens (0 gold) Active (160 - 100s, max 2 charges)
Reveals enemy Stealth Wards and traps around you for 6 seconds.
Control Ward
Control Ward (75 gold) Consume
Places a Control Ward that grants vision and reveals enemy Stealth Wards, traps and Camouflaged enemies.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
61.8% Win Rate 0.4% Pick Rate50 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
54.8% Win Rate 1.6% Pick Rate205 games
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.3% Win Rate 4.0% Pick Rate527 games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
52.6% Win Rate 76.2% Pick Rate9966 games
Core Build
Aether Wisp
Aether Wisp (900 gold) 30 Ability Power
4% Move Speed
->
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.
68.1% Win Rate 2.8% Pick Rate361 games
Final Build
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
78.7% Win Rate 4.8% Pick Rate633 games
Other Items
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
37.5% Win Rate 7.6% Pick Rate991 games
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.
56.1% Win Rate 6.8% Pick Rate888 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.
67.0% Win Rate 5.8% Pick Rate759 games
Cryptbloom
Cryptbloom (2850 gold) 60 Ability Power
30% Magic Penetration
15 Ability Haste
Life from Death
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, a nova spreads from their corpse that heals.
32.9% Win Rate 5.8% Pick Rate757 games
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
78.7% Win Rate 4.8% Pick Rate633 games
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor (3100 gold) 1000 Health
100% Base Health Regen
Warmog's Heart
If you have 2000 bonus Health and have not taken damage within 8 seconds, restore Health per second.
Warmog's Vitality
Gain bonus Health equal to 12% of your Item Health (0).
40.4% Win Rate 4.7% Pick Rate616 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.
75.0% Win Rate 3.9% Pick Rate506 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

51.0% Win Rate 52.4% Pick Rate6855 games

Best Win Rate 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…

Scorch
Scorch

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Precision
Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

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

55.7% Win Rate 4.7% Pick Rate608 games

Zilean best with

Diana Synergy Champion
+7.7%
Diana
Diana
Xerath Synergy Champion
+6.4%
Xerath
Xerath

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
49.1% Win Rate 39.3% Pick Rate5143 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

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2
3
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
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W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
62.3% Win Rate 1.1% Pick Rate144 games

Countered by Zilean

Alistar - countered by Zilean
+8.6%
Alistar
Alistar
Pantheon - countered by Zilean
+3.9%
Pantheon
Pantheon
Blitzcrank - countered by Zilean
+3.8%
Blitzcrank
Blitzcrank
Lux - countered by Zilean
+3.1%
Lux
Lux
Thresh - countered by Zilean
+2.6%
Thresh
Thresh
Nautilus - countered by Zilean
+2.1%
Nautilus
Nautilus
Xerath - countered by Zilean
+2.0%
Xerath
Xerath
Senna - countered by Zilean
+1.8%
Senna
Senna

Zilean Counterpicks

Nami - effective counter againstZilean
-4.0%
Nami
Nami
Yuumi - effective counter againstZilean
-3.2%
Yuumi
Yuumi
Morgana - effective counter againstZilean
-2.4%
Morgana
Morgana
Karma - effective counter againstZilean
-2.2%
Karma
Karma
Milio - effective counter againstZilean
-2.2%
Milio
Milio
Rakan - effective counter againstZilean
-2.1%
Rakan
Rakan
Lulu - effective counter againstZilean
-1.8%
Lulu
Lulu
Bard - effective counter againstZilean
-1.6%
Bard
Bard
Seraphine - effective counter againstZilean
-1.5%
Seraphine
Seraphine
Janna - effective counter againstZilean
-1.4%
Janna
Janna
Pyke - effective counter againstZilean
-1.3%
Pyke
Pyke
Leona - effective counter againstZilean
-1.2%
Leona
Leona

Zilean Support Lane Matchups

Zilean
+8.5%
Alistar

Zilean vs Alistar
Zilean
+3.8%
Blitzcrank

Zilean vs Blitzcrank
Zilean
+3.6%
Soraka

Zilean vs Soraka
Zilean
+3.1%
Lux

Zilean vs Lux
Zilean
+2.5%
Thresh

Zilean vs Thresh
Zilean
+2.0%
Nautilus

Zilean vs Nautilus
Zilean
+2.0%
Braum

Zilean vs Braum
Zilean
-1.2%
Leona

Zilean vs Leona
Zilean
-1.3%
Pyke

Zilean vs Pyke
Zilean
-1.4%
Janna

Zilean vs Janna
Zilean
-1.6%
Bard

Zilean vs Bard
Zilean
-1.8%
Lulu

Zilean vs Lulu
Zilean
-2.1%
Rakan

Zilean vs Rakan
Zilean
-2.2%
Milio

Zilean vs Milio
Zilean
-2.2%
Karma

Zilean vs Karma
Zilean
-2.4%
Morgana

Zilean vs Morgana
Zilean
-3.2%
Yuumi

Zilean vs Yuumi
Zilean
-4.0%
Nami

Zilean vs Nami

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

Default Zilean Default Zilean
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