I love Zilean, he's one of my favorite champions in League of Legends, but as more and more champions are released, the older he becomes (which I guess isn't necessarily bad as a Time Mage). He has many counters, many of which have windwalls, hooks, dashes galore, invisibility, multiple damaging abilities (compared to just Time Bomb), longer range and more!

My goal was this build was to get that ability haste up and really try to ramp up his damage in and out of lane to match that of his enemies, also while maintaining some survivability. Love your allies, be nice to them! You have so many friends (and new enemies) to make! :)

Having a good mental is important in League of Legends. With my favorite champion Zilean, this is especially true.

We have to make decisions that are sometimes split-second decisions on what ally, enemy, minion, bush to bomb or which ally/enemy to slow down or speed up, we have to react fast enough to ulti the right person. It can feel terrible to ulti yourself or see someone blow up too fast.

We often can get a lot of negativity for missing abilities (even from yourself through negative self talk). The most important thing is that you're having fun and enjoying yourself and the champion, try to learn from every death while it's still fresh in your mind.

It's easy to say there was nothing I could do or because a certain champion/item is overpowered, but there are a lot of reasons for your death, even Zilean has foreseen it:

-You didn't ward the bush or got too close to the bush when trying to ward (instead of checking it with a bomb).

-You didn't check the scoreboard to see the enemy had multiple kills or 'XYZ' Weapon/Stat/Gear.

-You missed the double-bomb stun.

-You were mis-positioned and weren't there for the fight or got caught out and died.

-You were greedy.

-You didn't check to see who their jungler was at the beginning of the game, so you weren't expecting Kayn coming through the wall, Hecarim coming at you full speed from tri-bush, invisible Evelynn, etc.

-You didn't know a champion's ability could do what it does, could be a certain amount of damage, could be missle speed (like Lux Snare is faster than Morgana snare), etc!

An ally might have fed the enemy or ran it down mid aram style, but there are still things you could have done to improve your gameplay and that's your goal! You got this, stay positive baby! :)

Electrocute is one of my favorite runes because it's pretty easy to proc, especially on Zilean because he different ways to activate it:

-Time Bomb + Rewind + Time Bomb + Auto Attack (also activating Cheap Shot).

-Time Warp + Time Bomb + Rewind + Time Bomb.

-Time Warp + Time Bomb + Auto Attack.

-Auto Attack + Auto Attack + Bomb.

Just to name a few. :)

I hope to experiment with some formatting, icons, additional info and even more runes in the short future. You're the best! :)