can you explain the current rune in your build?

Hey friend im new to Zilean and was wondering in your "Level 13 Chapter" you say "ALT" a lot do you mean ult? or am I missing a mechanic here? would it be possible to leave a video response showing how its done or even a detailed step on how to do it? It may be a stupid question but im really confused!

This build works really well for me! I'm not sure about the boots though, I usually end up buying tabi or mercury for more survivability.
Also, I still have some doubts about resolve as secondary path. Inspiration does give you that juicy extra 5% cdr, what made you decide resolve was the better option?

Basiclly u are saying that doing what u say is Best and not saying why (nice way to make guide)

I am confusion. You state that Zilean's build the same even after his rework. I didn't know about this rework, so I looked it up and all I could find was his rework in 2015. Can someone explain what is meant in the guide about this?

would u reccomend this build for mid? or would u be able to possibly make a zilean mid guide.

i enjoyed reading this guied as well as playing with, zilean is the first champ i got my M7 with and thus he means something to me..

DUDE WHY DID YOU CHANGE THE RUNES? wasn't Klepto?

Greeting iidibitizi, i just wanted to say that i would like to hear your opinion about taking E first and about taking sorcery as main runes i will try this guide few times just to see is it better than mine anyway you did great job here i see you tried hard and keep trying to update it.

Personally, I disagree with your choice of leveling W first before E. I've tried both playstyles, but from what I've seen leveling W before E is trading your utility for offensive capability, and as Zilean, your job isn't really about dealing damage - it's about controlling trades and team fights.

(For my examples here, I'll be only mentioning the early-mid game, as that's where the skill order really matters.)

In the laning phase, your job as Zilean is two-fold: to poke, and to protect/assist your carry. The W-Build helps you do your poking job faster, but it leaves you with a mere 40% speed boost to hand out to your carry or use on yourself. A good jungle gank or even just bad positioning would punish you severely, and you can't really rely just on landing double bombs for CC.

On the other hand, a high level E? I've made Rammus players ragequit several times already after I've turned their Powerballs to mere crawls, and the few TP-ing top laners that manage to survive me double-bombing them just as they arrive never quite reach me or my ADC with a well-placed slow.

Running the W-Build also runs the issue of running OOM early, especially if you go use double-bombs too often. Indeed, the case is that during the laning phase, a good Zilean uses the QWQ combo sparingly, so they can slowly harass the ADC out of lane, or if the support is a healer/shielder, make them go OOM. Double-bomb only to secure a kill, and using a high level E on them as soon as the stun is off makes them wish that they were still stunned.

Mid-game, having a high-level E makes for good roaming as well. You'll be basically a Rammus 2.0 running down the river and helping your mid and bot in turn, and this only improves the more time passes once you get that sweet, sweet 85% speed modifier that lets you ward safely and roam without much issue.

Here's one thing I do admit though - in teamfights, where it is far easier to land double bombs with how many targets there are, having an early high W would help a lot, as that would let you use double-bombs twice or thrice in a row. However, even then, with how bombs sometimes land wonkily in a teamfight, where one bomb sticks to a champion and the other sticks to a different one, I still feel like that kind of strategy is unreliable.

Using your E on the enemy carry/support/whoever-it-is-that-is-fed-to-hell-and-back and another E to your carry/yourself/fed-allies is still pretty reliable in a teamfight, and when you combine that with the early-mid game potential of a high-E?

Yeah, I see it as a better choice for a support, as a support Main.

Been following your guide for awhile since I always use it to remember by build but notice the runes are different now. What made your change out of resolve tree now?