LoL Champion Build Guides: Zilean

Zilean The Chronokeeper

Find the best Zilean build guides for League of Legends S11 Patch 11.21. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Zilean build for the S11 meta. Learn more about Zilean's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Season 11 Guides // Patch 11.21 & Patch 11.20

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Zilean Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Zilean we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Zilean, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Zilean this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 11.21. However, if you are a new Zilean player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Zilean!

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Patch 11.21: 130858 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 636 Games

Sorcery

Domination

Third Best

59%

Win Rate 59 Games

Resolve

Sorcery

More Zilean Runes

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 5306 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 469 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 838 Games

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 157 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

65%

Win Rate 117 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.21: 130859 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 89 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 81 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

More Zilean Runes

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 681 Games

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 316 Games

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 404 Games

Third Best

55%

Win Rate 231 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 1039 Games

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 677 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

68%

Win Rate 65 Games

Passive Ability

Zilean Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Zilean guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Zilean Support in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Zilean. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Zilean Zilean Support

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Zilean Skins

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Find Zilean's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Zilean skins and chromas on Zilean's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Sugar Rush Zilean

December 17, 2019

+ Wishlist

1350

Blood Moon Zilean

May 11, 2015

+ Wishlist

975

Time Machine Zilean

Legacy

April 12, 2011

Wishlist

520

Shurima Desert Zilean

September 8, 2010

+ Wishlist

975

Groovy Zilean

July 27, 2010

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520

Old Saint Zilean

Special Events

December 23, 2009

+ Wishlist

520

Classic Zilean

Original

Wishlist

Zilean's Abilities

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Time in a Bottle Zilean's Passive

Self

Zilean bottles 2 / 3.5 / 5 / 6 / 12 experience every 5 seconds. When he has enough experience stored to finish an ally's level, he can right-click them to give both himself and his ally the amount stored.

Time in a Bottle cannot be used in combat.

Time Bomb Zilean's Q Ability

900

60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80

10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Zilean tosses a time-delayed bomb to a location, which then sticks to the first unit that comes within a small area around it (prioritizes champions). After 3 seconds, the bomb detonates, dealing 75 / 115 / 165 / 230 / 300 (+90% of ability power) magic damage to all surrounding enemies.

Placing two bombs on a unit detonates the first bomb early, stunning all enemies in the blast for 1.5 seconds.

Rewind Zilean's W Ability

Self

14 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 6

Reduces the cooldowns of Time Bomb and Time Warp by 10 seconds. Cannot be learned at level 1.

Time Warp Zilean's E Ability

550

Zilean slows an enemy champion's movement speed or increases an allied champion's movement speed by 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 99 % for 2.5 seconds.

Chronoshift Zilean's Ultimate (R) Ability

900

125 / 150 / 175 / 175 / 175

120 / 90 / 60 / 60 / 60

Marks an ally champion or himself with a protective time rune for 5 seconds. If the target takes lethal damage during this time, instead of dying, they will be untargettable and remain in stasis for 2 seconds, then return to life, regaining 600 / 850 / 1100 (+200% of ability power) Health.

Questions About Zilean

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Latest Questions

Zilean & Fountain of Life Rune

Asked by ultrarafasam on September 18, 2018

So, I'm new to LOL by a large margin,I guess,and I following various builds. One that catches my attention is one with [[Fountain of Life]]. The rune mentions that when you impair a champion' movement,any ally that attacks that champion heals. I...

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Can you help me out with Zilean?

Asked by Sr for my bad sp on May 8, 2017

So I'm new to the game and I like to play support because of my personality.I'm trying to rank up and my main sp champion is Zilean.Is he a viable champion for rank?Can you give me tips for playing him or any tip on playing sp overall.I'm really...

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Zilean's Time Bomb Stun Problem

Asked by granzteel on November 24, 2016

The most annoying thing that could happen when using Zilean is when you quickly Q>W>Q at *almost* the same ground/champion they do not stick to the same unit/champion. Do I just need more practice or something is really off with the time...

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Feeling difficult to deal damage to mages who build RoA, what should I do?

Asked by kisred on May 11, 2016

Situation: In the early-mid game, I built Morellonomicon, opponent built RoA. Problem: Feeling difficult to deal damage to opponents who build RoA. As they have higher effective health after building RoA, I feel like 'my abilities do not...

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Does Morde's ult stop Zileans Revive?

Asked by Showda on February 15, 2014

Alright, so i was just in a game of ARAM, and i was trying to taunt their morde to dive me. My ult was up, i saw the hourglasses rotate around me, but he ulted me and i still died. So my question is, does mordekaisers ult stop mine because of the...

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Zilean, Time Master or something like that

Asked by Tweedle on May 30, 2013

I've recently started using Zilean since he's free this week. My reason for doing so is that I've seen players say that Zilean is a terrible champ and I've actually googled about him and the results from what I've seen say that he sucks. . after...

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Zilean Viable?

Asked by LiLStormcloaK on January 7, 2013

Personally, I have always like [[zilean]] as a champion. And now that [[tear of the goddess]] is cheaper, I figure that his mana issues will be solved, yet I never seem to see any [[zilean]]s...

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LoL Champion Build Guides: Zilean

Zilean The Chronokeeper

[11.21] [EUW Master] - Rank 1 - Zilean Support Guide

PAPA ZILEAN - SUPPORT + MID

[11.21] Zilean Crit Master

Zilean Jungle (Plus 5 Gom Points)

Zilean The Support We Need But Don't Deserve

-S11- Zilean_Skidaddle Skidoodle I by Kimera

Zilean Gungle

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

『振謙』❄️ GLACIAL Zilean ⏰💣⏳ SUPPORT / MID

Challenger Zilean Support Guide

Challenger Zilean Mid/Top Guide by TheDisconnect - 1000 LP

[S11]Portable Time Machine Zilean [Mid/Support]

Beginner's Guide to Support Zilean

『振謙』ARCANE Zilean ⏰💣⏳ SUPPORT / MID

Zilean Support

[11.12] [In-Depth] Zilean MID/SUPPORT Guide From A One Trick

The Vendor of Time (Full AP)

OTP Zilean Mid (Season 11) [WIP]

Deadly Zilean Support

[11.19] Nino's Zilean High Diamond Support Build/Guide!

Zilean Build & Runes

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Time in a Bottle (PASSIVE)

Time Bomb (Q)

Rewind (W)

Time Warp (E)

Chronoshift (R)

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Time Bomb (Q)

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Trinket

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Time in a Bottle (PASSIVE)

Time Bomb (Q)

Rewind (W)

Time Warp (E)

Chronoshift (R)

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Time in a Bottle (PASSIVE)

Time Bomb (Q)