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[11.24] Zilean Still God CCer support. [English/Español]

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Runes: CC God

1 2

Inspiration

Glacial Augment

Magical Footwear

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Sorcery

Transcendence

Gathering Storm

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2

Standard

Exhaust

Flash

Items

Safe start

Aggressive start

First back

First back 2

Mid game 1

Mid game 2

End game 1

End game 2

End game 3

Ability Order Aggressive setup

1 2

Zilean Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Nautilus

Extreme

Nautilus is really tanky, has a ton of CC, range and damage during the lane. This match up forces you to play passively. It's really hard to punish him even if he overextends. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nautilus es muy duro, tiene mucho CC, daño y rango lo que nos fuerza a jugar pasivamente. Es muy díficil de castigar incluso si se posiciona mal.

Ashe

Ideal

Lots of poke in lane and can enable you to easily stun targets caught by Ashe's ultimate. Also, you compensate her lack of mobility. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permite mucho pokeo en línea y sinergiza muy bien el stun de la definitiva para combinar CC junto a las bombas de Zilean. A su vez, Zilean compensa su falta de movilidad.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Ashe

Ideal

Champion Build Guide

Introduction

About me:

Greetings! I've been playing since Season 1 (2010). I am a semi-professional coach and main support who has peaked challenger in season 8 in Latin America South server. My average elo has been Diamond II

Spanish

Here are some of my best plays. I generally stream in Spanish. Sorry for no embedded clips.

Spanish

Clip 1: https://www.twitch.tv/sarodag/clip/TubularVibrantSwordBuddhaBar?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

Clip 2: https://www.twitch.tv/sarodag/clip/ObliviousToughBeefCurseLit?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time

Clip 3: https://www.twitch.tv/sarodag/clip/ArtsyConsiderateFriesVoHiYo?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time (Loud volume alert)

Reasons why I like playing :

Zilean can counter pretty much all single target ultimates with Chronoshift. For example, Death Mark, Cease and Desist, Chum the Waters, among others.
From my point of view, Time Warp is the best slow/speed boost in the game.
Zilean Can turn around a hard engage by zoning or stunning with Time Bomb Rewind Time Bomb combo.
Zilean has a lot of mechanics to master. For example, flashing into a double Time Bomb on the ground to stun foes. (See clip 1 :D)

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If you wish to contact me, feel free to do so:

Twitch:

https://www.twitch.tv/sarodag

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Sarodag/

Pros and Cons // Ventajas y Desventajas

Pros:

Godlike CC with + Everfrost + Time Warp + Time Bomb Rewind Time Bomb + Time Warp
Provides what could be considered the best speed boost in the game. Time Warp is ideal to enable initiations and to compensate lack of mobility on allies.
Chronoshift can potentially negate many enemies' ultimates by saving an ally.
With great positioning, you could stack Mejai's Soulstealer and scale into a burst monster with Time Bomb Rewind Time Bomb
Has a lot of utility even when behind in terms of gold.

Cons:

Really easy to punish if caught in a bad position.
Really squishy. Zilean could easily die from AoE or poke damage.
It takes a good amount of practice to get used to Zilean's range regarding Time Bomb Rewind Time Bomb combo.
It generally takes good reflexes and timing to make good use of Chronoshift
Long CDs in the early game, which forces Zilean to use his resources well.

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Runes and masteries

CC God

The aim of this build is to be a CC God, so we need with .

I prioritise scaling and as much CDR as I can get with and to reduce Summoner's spells CDR as well as CDR.

Honorable mentions:

Future's Market in a very safe lane.
Approach Velocity Great to follow up your team's engage or chase enemies with multiple dashes like Kassadin Ahri
Gathering Storm if you feel you won't need the mana from Manaflow Band

Mythic item Shurelya's

The aim of these runes and masteries is to compensate general lack of mobility from your team. Therefore, as the mythic item choice.

is mandatory with due to the fact allies that autoattack enemies CCed by gain 25% movement speed for 1.5 seconds because of

is also great to counter the major weakness: STAIRSSSS! Sorry I mean burst damage.

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Laning phase // Fase de líneas

General laning

I suggest buying to play safe and secure gold for your carry and for yourself.

Remember to use to push for an even earlier level 2 or 3. This could catch the enemy laners off guard.

Laning against poke

You should probably buy and attempt to poke back to release pressure from your ADC. Versus or you will have a very difficult time coming on top of the trade. I suggest trying to stay as healthy as possible and seeking the opportunity for an all-in.

Laning against hard engage tanks

Your best option is most probably to play safe, using to deny ganks or support's rotations. If your ADC is engaged, try to counter by using combo to zone or stun the enemy carry. If unavailable, try to the enemy ADC or your own ADC.

Ganks

is great at avoiding or setting ganks thanks to . If possible, try to the closest enemy to greatly reduce its movespeed. It will make it really easy to stun using combo. Another possibility is to assist our jungler by giving him speed boost using

Rotations

Thanks to can be great at rotating and assisting the jungle to get . However, you will want to avoid extended fights as 's cooldowns are immense in the early game.

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Mid-game

General gameplay

At this stage you should have and . You may use to easily rotate and be difficult to catch out of position, but I really prefer the extra CDR from .

Positioning

You will want to play safely by being behind your team. Even behind your ADC. The more gold an ally has, the better the value of , so you do NOT want to be caught and forced to use it on yourself.

Everfrost and Glacial Augment

There are different ways to make the use of effective:

As an engaging tool on an isolated target which is out of position. Everfrost + Time Warp + Time Bomb Rewind Time Bomb + Time Warp equals a pretty much dead enemy. Deader than Heroes of Newerth in fact.
A hard AoE slow during a teamfight. Especially effective versus serveral tanks/bruisers.
A great disengage tool to avoid chasers in a lost fight.

Making use of Chronoshift

Again, you will want to use on the HIGHEST value target. However, it is situational:

Is your Chronoshift target so out of position it would endanger your *** err I mean beautifully stacked Mejai's to save him? Then consider avoiding that target.
Is your Chronoshift target really behind in terms of gold? Then I suggest using Chronoshift on someone else.
Is your Chronoshift target a tank that is about to die in an already won fight? Then Chronoshift him and deny gold for the enemy team.

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End-game

At this point, most of the gameplay has already been covered. However, there are a few suggestions to consider:

Avoid showing yourself unless you know where all enemies are positioned. At this point in the game, chances are the enemy knows how annoying Zilean is and they will do everything to deny your Chronoshift. So keep yourself safe. Make your team aware of the fact they have to kite towards you to make it easier for you to Chronoshift Time Warp them.
Use Time Bomb to check brushes before getting close to them. (This can also apply to early and mid game)
Coordinate resources. Consider saving Chronoshift if your target has Zhonya's Hourglass or any invulnerability/damage prevention ability such as: Rappel Sanguine Pool, among other abilities that could negate your Chronoshift's value.
Time in a Bottle Solo laners to help them get level 16 for level 3 ultimate.

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Conclusion

Conclusion

Despite taking some skill to master , he is very fun to play. So, I suggest playing him and enjoying his crazy amount of CC.

I will try my best to edit this guide with more relevant information, so remember to check it often.

Thank you very much for reading this guide. All comments, questions and suggestions are more than welcome! :)

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