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Choose Champion Build:
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Zi1, the unkillable timemaster
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Zi2, the bomb rain
Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
Teleport
Items
Ability Order
Time in a Bottle (PASSIVE)
Zilean Passive Ability
Introduction
this is the beginning of a series of troll guides. Why would someone make troll guides?
First of all, trolling is a very nice thing and it makes fun, the more friends you play with the more will the fun "stack".
But the problem is, that most people don't troll in the right way. Trolling must not be the same as feeding and get your team members to rage. Trolling is about having fun with unpopular picks and uncommon builds, but without angering your teammates or feeding more than the average.
That said, lets begin with my guide of




ZiZiBoBo is the abbreviation of


As the name says, it is meant to be played on the bottom lane, replacing the AD Carry-Support meta.
If you want to go for the zizibobo, you should make sure that every other lane scales on AD and builds AD to maximize your chance of winning. Granted, your chance of winning with a zizibobo is a little lower than a "normal" botlane, but it exists, even without trolls and afk in the enemy team!
If you want to annoy the enemies team to the max, pick




First of all, let me explain the abilites of
Zilean and
Ziggs:
Zileans passive
Heightened Learning is simple: Every allied champion on the whole map gets plus 8% experience. This is very useful in the zizibobo, because
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs should be on a comparable level like the enemy's midlaner. The passive does not work if you are dead, which is the reason you want to become
Zilean the unkillable master of time.
Time Bomb let's you plant a time bomb on an enemy or allied unit (not champion, not minions, both) or neutral monster. After 4 seconds, the bomb will explode dealing 90/145/200/260/320 (+0.9 * your AP) damage to all surrounding enemies.
Zilean's W
Rewind allows him to reduce the cooldowns of every other ability (besides summoner spells). The cooldown reduction constitutes 10 seconds, the cooldown of
Rewind itself is 18/15/12/9/6.
Time Warp reduces the movement speed of an enemy champion or increases the movement speed of an allied champion by 55% for 2.5/3.25/4/4.75/5.5 seconds.
Zilean's ultimate ability
Chronoshift allows him to awake an allied champion from the death, granting him 600/850/1100 (+200% AP) health. You have to use
Chronoshift on this champion before he dies, you cannot raise a death champion from the dead. The time frame the allied champion has to die with comeback is 7 seconds.


Let's begin with
Zilean:



























The main idea of
Zilean the unkillable master of time is to deal heavy damage through time bombs while supporting
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs and the rest of your team efficiently.
The main factor of this gamestyle is, that you shall not die. The combination of
Chronoshift,
Zhonya's Hourglass and
Guardian Angel will allow you to survive a laughable amount of time. You should use this combo often and efficiently: Every of these three abilities allows you to "dodge" heavy damage abilities like
Blade Waltz,
Final Spark or
Requiem. Furthermore, you can hinder the enemy team very long from pushing by forcing them to kill you before they can push for the win. With the animations of
Chronoshift,
Zhonya's Hourglass and
Guardian Angel alone you can sidetrack your enemies for ten seconds. Good timed
Flash can force them to chase you even longer, making it easy for your team to respawn in time to defend.
In the early game, your main job is to keep the enemies low.
Time Bomb is a very effective skill to poke your enemies down,
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs should poke them too. You will let
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs have the most cs and go for defensive stats first.
Every player who plays
Zilean the unkillable master of time should use another distracting gamestyle: split pushing. Your
Time Bomb, combined with
Rewind let you take out an entire wave of minions in the matter of a second, if you don't have enough AP and you need the second
Time Bomb to clear the wave the time intervall increases to 5 seconds.
While 5 seconds for one wave of minions isn't the best split pushing stat you should be aware of the fact that you fill the role of a support in the current meta. This means that the "normal" split pushers like top laners of jungler are in your game too, making you not the replacement of the split pusher, but an additional one.
But, while you are split pushing, be aware that your only "escape" besides
Flash is
Time Warp, which I wouldn't consider a real escape. That's why you need
Teleport: While you split push a side lane, the rest of your team should be on another lane pressuring the enemy team with 4 people, 3 if you split push two lanes simultaneously (which is a risky tactic, since the enemys could easily engage in a 3v5 in their favor, destroying your team and wiping out you two next). In the moment you notice that the enemy sent one champion who is able to kill you to your lane, fall back and teleport to your team or to another side lane to continue the split push.
If you split push while your team is defending you should know what to do with your
Teleport.
Little tip at the end: If your
Chronoshift is on cooldown, use your
Rewind every time it is ready to lower the cooldown and make sure you have
Chronoshift ready in the next fight!
If you are up against a
Volibear, focus him since you will achieve 10 extra gold per kill. But make sure that you don't get killed by him, because he gets 11 extra gold (it may be worth for the special taunts though)!


The main factor of this gamestyle is, that you shall not die. The combination of










In the early game, your main job is to keep the enemies low.



Every player who plays




While 5 seconds for one wave of minions isn't the best split pushing stat you should be aware of the fact that you fill the role of a support in the current meta. This means that the "normal" split pushers like top laners of jungler are in your game too, making you not the replacement of the split pusher, but an additional one.
But, while you are split pushing, be aware that your only "escape" besides



If you split push while your team is defending you should know what to do with your

Little tip at the end: If your



If you are up against a

As
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs your playstyle is not that different from the normal
Ziggs in the midlane. You drop bombs on them and farm all the time. The only differences will be that you have to be aware of two enemies simultaneously and that you have to cooperate with
Zilean the unkillable master of time.
You have to replace the AP damage of a midlaner because your own midlaner should be AD. You should not be that behind regarding your level, because
Heightened Learning helps you with the 8% Bonus experience.



You have to replace the AP damage of a midlaner because your own midlaner should be AD. You should not be that behind regarding your level, because

The runes you need are ambivalent:
On the one hand, you need defensive stats to become
Zilean the unkillable master of time, on the other hand your abilities shall make damage to assist
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs.
In order to fill these two roles, buy the runes I listed. Of course you can buy the following runes too, but I prefer the scaling armor and flat magic resist runes since the runes were changed in patch 4.5
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Phase Rush
On the one hand, you need defensive stats to become


In order to fill these two roles, buy the runes I listed. Of course you can buy the following runes too, but I prefer the scaling armor and flat magic resist runes since the runes were changed in patch 4.5
Runes




The masteries you use are the defensive mid laner masteries I use in rankeds too, if I play a mid laner against a high burst enemy like
LeBlanc or an Assassin like
Zed or a mid laner who is squishy or weak in the early game like
Nidalee (at least before the rework two days before this guide was written, maybe still).



As
Zilean the unkillable master of time you are kind of an AP Bruiser.
Based on this role you shall build your items:
In the beginning of each match, you will go on the bottom lane to poke the enemies botlane. For maximum poke without running out of mana you shall buy
Doran's Ring, to stay in the lane pick up two
Health Potion for yourself. As Trinket I recommend
Stealth Ward to avoid deadly ganks, since you will be squishy in the early game.
An alternative start would be to buy two
Faerie Charm plus three
Health Potion, but your
Time Bomb will have a lower effect due to your missing AP, that's why I recommend
Doran's Ring.
You want to rush
Chalice of Harmony as fast as possible to have the needed mana regeneration for non-stop poke. I don't think I have to explain why you need
Boots.
Since you will play against a meta botlane the main damage of the enemies in the early game will be AD. Furthermore, you will get cs during the lane phase because of the permament use of
Time Bomb. These two facts are the simple explanation for the need of
Seeker's Armguard.
The core Items are the Items needed for your annoying combination described in the chapter "gamestyle":
Zhonyas is an absolute must-have: It grants AP, a good amount of armor AND one of the two great actives you need for maximum pain in the neck: 2.5 seconds of invulnerability gives you all you need to get the enemies rage to the max.
GA is just like a second ult for you. Name another champion who can double his ult with a item which gives him high stats like GAs magic resistance and armor! Found none? That's why you buy this.
Nothing is more annoying than running out of mana as
Zilean the unkillable master of time, furthermore you get some magic resistance and cooldown reduction to make sure you have your
Chronoshift ready when needed.
The more feed you got through the game, the more AP you shall build and the less defensive stats you have to buy. According to this principle there are two different ways of combining the situational items:
Very fed
If you are very fed or just have more kills than deaths or an incredible amount of assists, build these two:
If the factors named above are on average, build these two:
Sunfire is additionally annoying due to the AoE damage you deal while in zhonyas, GA or your ult.
I wouldnt recommend to combine
Rabadon's Deathcap and
Sunfire Aegis but if you feel like, do it.
If you are the most confident and best
Zilean player in the world, buy this. If not, not.
With this boots, the mastery cooldown, the cooldown of
Athene's Unholy Grail and
Rewind you will be able to cast
Time Warp again before it runs out at level 18.

Based on this role you shall build your items:
Starting Items
In the beginning of each match, you will go on the bottom lane to poke the enemies botlane. For maximum poke without running out of mana you shall buy



An alternative start would be to buy two




Early Game
You want to rush


Since you will play against a meta botlane the main damage of the enemies in the early game will be AD. Furthermore, you will get cs during the lane phase because of the permament use of


Core Items
The core Items are the Items needed for your annoying combination described in the chapter "gamestyle":





Situational Items
The more feed you got through the game, the more AP you shall build and the less defensive stats you have to buy. According to this principle there are two different ways of combining the situational items:
Very fed
If you are very fed or just have more kills than deaths or an incredible amount of assists, build these two:
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If the factors named above are on average, build these two:
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Sunfire is additionally annoying due to the AoE damage you deal while in zhonyas, GA or your ult.
I wouldnt recommend to combine








Starting Items
Start with


Early Game
Get a



Core Items








Situational Items
If you die too fast buy


If you are fed, get that

You will need the heavy poke of






Of course, max



In the case you didnt knew: If you put a second



Your main rain will be


Your best escape is


Max


As you should at almost every Champion you shall max your ultimate ability

I already explained why to use
Flash and
Teleport so I will tell you my opinion about the other summoners:


I tried to run
Revive plus
Teleport, but the cooldown of
Revive is just too high. If you want to wait like 8 minutes or so, take it. It's the best alternative for the
Flash plus
Teleport.

Exhaust is a pretty good choice if you don't want to take
Teleport with you.
Ignite is a very aggressive spell for the early game. Since you are
Zilean you are squishy and shouldn't go ham. For kills out of range you have
Time Bomb.
Cleanse is useless on this botlane, because you will destroy your enemies all the time or die all the time. Some cc denying won't help you.
Recall plus
Teleport results in a lower cooldown than clarity has. Not worth at all.
It may be useful, but if you ward properly it shouldn't be a problem. If you like the utility of
Clairvoyance buy a
Scrying Orb.
No.
You have
Zhonya's Hourglass,
Guardian Angel and
Chronoshift. Why would you need a little shield?
Just like
Barrier.
You have
Time Warp for this.
Why?
My Summoner Spells on
Ziggs are more popular than those at
Zilean:
You have the Task of killing your enemies, so
If you want to be everywhere, you can run
There is no real reason to run this.
After
Buy
You are no jungler and most minions should die to a single
It can be helpful, but
One of the best options in common opinion, but for *****s only. Run



Flash offers too many variable OP ways to use to relinquish this summoner.

You have the Task of killing your enemies, so
Ignite should help you very much in the laning Phase.

Exhaust will help you through the whole game. If you dont like
Ignite take this.

If you want to be everywhere, you can run
Teleport. I dont recommend it though.

There is no real reason to run this.
Time Warp should help you out.

The cooldown is much too high to run this.

After
Chalice of Harmony you shouldnt have problems with mana. Furthermore, you should be the only AP in the team, so you should get the blue buffs.

Buy
Scrying Orb if you want this kind of utility.

No.

You are no jungler and most minions should die to a single
Bouncing Bomb so you dont Need that.

It can be helpful, but
Ignite will help you more in most games. If you want you can run it though.

You make it rain bombs. You're not a bunker. The enemies might wish they would be.

One of the best options in common opinion, but for *****s only. Run
Ignite if you are manly.
Pros |
Cons |
+ Sick poke with ![]() ![]() + AoE damage through ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() + Infinite mobility with ![]() ![]() ![]() + makes enemies rage with two revives and 2 times 2.5 seconds invulnerability + Additional Split pusher |
- Squishy as f u c k - removes adc from your Team - might affect the Motivation of your Team, because you troll - if you fall behind there are very low chances of a comeback - you cant play that in soloq |
Thank you for reading my guide of
Zilean the unkillable master of time and
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs. I would be really happy if we see the zizibobo frequently in normals.
Feel free to tell me any advice, feedback or mistakes in this guide, I will read every comment and work on my guide to make it perfect.
Questions will be answered in the FAQ below!


Feel free to tell me any advice, feedback or mistakes in this guide, I will read every comment and work on my guide to make it perfect.
Questions will be answered in the FAQ below!
Frequently asked questions to my
Zilean the unkillable master of time and
Ziggs the man who makes it rain bombs guide (I will answer some questions before you can ask them):
I do not Support trolling in the form it appears most often: I dont want to get more people to feed or play bad on purpose. My form of trolling does not affect the game of my teammates, it is just uncommon. I play for fun, and if you win, you will have more fun the most time.
Ziggs and
Zilean are the only Champions in League of Legends having bombs. What is more obvious than play them together?
I don't know, ask him!
As mentioned in the Pros/Cons you will fall off early or win hard. The scaling armor is one of the reasons for that point. But please think of the poke power of your bombs: If you get many autoattacks from the enemy team, you make something wrong or get completely outplayed and wouldn't have a chance anyway.
Why teleport on
Well, since you are trolling, you want fun. Teleport is more fun, other summoner spells might increase your chance of victory. Make it out with yourself.


Why do you support trolling?
I do not Support trolling in the form it appears most often: I dont want to get more people to feed or play bad on purpose. My form of trolling does not affect the game of my teammates, it is just uncommon. I play for fun, and if you win, you will have more fun the most time.
Why ZiZiBoBo?


When will Siv HD play this?
I don't know, ask him!
Aren't scaling armor runes laughable? You both are squishy, so why wouldn't you get flat armor for the early game?
As mentioned in the Pros/Cons you will fall off early or win hard. The scaling armor is one of the reasons for that point. But please think of the poke power of your bombs: If you get many autoattacks from the enemy team, you make something wrong or get completely outplayed and wouldn't have a chance anyway.
Why teleport on
Zilean?
Well, since you are trolling, you want fun. Teleport is more fun, other summoner spells might increase your chance of victory. Make it out with yourself.
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