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Spells:
Ignite
Flash
Ability Order
Time in a Bottle (PASSIVE)
Zilean Passive Ability
Whats a Zilean?
Yes, some people think he isn't a viable ap mid
No, they are not right
Yes, you will prove them wrong
No, you shouldn't ult them
Pros
-Great support utility(slow,speed,revive)
-Heavy burst damage
-Strong in many team compositions
-Great harass in lane
-Cool down reduction
-Has the best joke
Cons
-Squishy(unless you build rod of ages and rylais)
-Extremely mana intensive
-Somewhat hard to play
-Old
The build shown above is mainly to do as much damage as possible by building flat AP. The double
is your only source of defense in the laning phase. I normally go this build, leaving me extremely squishy, but that isn't a problem if you know when to ult and when to go in.
Optionally build
instead of double doran's, catalyst the protector always first. If you go this build you don't need to build
as you will already get the mana from the
The second build would be something like this:
catalyst the protector
Other items:
kage's lucky pick Good early game, give gold and ap, can be turned into
or
If you are really fed, and have enough ap, this could potentially be a really good item on Zilean to burst someone down. The gold per 5 helps a lot if you somehow have trouble with farming.
rylai's NO, if you need health get a rod of ages in the beginning, and you already have
to slow people.
Good for laning against somebody else who has burst such as
CDR, mana regen, ap, and magic resist. Really good item for early levels and even later levels too.
NO the magic pen and what little ap it gives isn't worth it at all
NO, you're not
you don't have anything that scales off of an auto attack.
It can be good, but you have to get super fed and just isn't worth it imo.
It gives ap, you can turn yourkage's lucky pick into it, but don't let this get in the way from building something important like
A wota can be good if you have someone like
top, but I see no point in spell vamp on Zilean
NO
NO
Can stop you from being bursted by someone like

Optionally build



The second build would be something like this:










Other items:
kage's lucky pick Good early game, give gold and ap, can be turned into



rylai's NO, if you need health get a rod of ages in the beginning, and you already have


















Greater seal of replenishment Zilean has some serious mana problems, and to counter that you need some mana regen runes. Also,






















Invading
Zilean can help a lot in an early invade. You usually want to get your
Time Warp in case your team doesn't have as much cc as you hoped. If not grab
Time Bomb to help with damage.
Laning phase
Always last hit with your auto attacks. Zilean's base damage on his auto attack is relatively high, and it makes it easier to last hit. If you're going against an easy lane, you want to harass, but not spam your
to the point where you have no mana. If you're going against a harder lane such as
you want to avoid the damage and focus on farming.
Ganking
If you decided to bring
then you should gank every time you push. You don't even need teleport to gank. You can go through lane, or right through the river if they didn't ward. Don't underestimate Zilean's ganking potential. He can slow and burst you down so fast, you won't even see it coming. However, there are such things as bot lanes that actually ward, so it won't be easy, especially if the other mid calls his mia's correctly.
Team fight's
This is where you shine most. When late game comes around with your full build, (or even part of it) this is where you get to show exactly how annoying Zilean is. However, there is a way to approach team fights.
-NEVER, EVER INITIATE TEAM FIGHTS
You are not the initiator, you have no hard cc or health to even help you survive the team fight. You are welcome to come in during the middle of the team fight to help out, but NEVER initiate. EVER
-Try to go in when the other team used all their CC moves. such as
Crescendo or
Stranglethorns
-Do not go b3st m3lee chump NA mode as Zilean. You do your damage from a safe distance with your bombs, don't take it for granted
-Always
Chronoshift the ADC when s/he gets low. If your ADC is not in danger, use
Chronoshift on somebody else who is low. Always ADC first though.
-Spam that
Rewind
Skills
-Always
Time Bomb then
Rewind then
Time Bomb for the maximum damage.
-When leaving base,
Time Warp then
Rewind to save time
-
Chronoshift carries and spread bombs apart in team fights
Zilean can help a lot in an early invade. You usually want to get your


Laning phase
Always last hit with your auto attacks. Zilean's base damage on his auto attack is relatively high, and it makes it easier to last hit. If you're going against an easy lane, you want to harass, but not spam your


Ganking
If you decided to bring

Team fight's
This is where you shine most. When late game comes around with your full build, (or even part of it) this is where you get to show exactly how annoying Zilean is. However, there is a way to approach team fights.
-NEVER, EVER INITIATE TEAM FIGHTS
You are not the initiator, you have no hard cc or health to even help you survive the team fight. You are welcome to come in during the middle of the team fight to help out, but NEVER initiate. EVER
-Try to go in when the other team used all their CC moves. such as


-Do not go b3st m3lee chump NA mode as Zilean. You do your damage from a safe distance with your bombs, don't take it for granted
-Always


-Spam that

Skills
-Always



-When leaving base,


-


























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