I would rush
Tear of the Goddess
It'll allow you to spam your abilities once you have max CDR and will give you good early mana regen.
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It'll allow you to spam your abilities once you have max CDR and will give you good early mana regen.
I've played mage Zilean a lot, but I think his late game is too weak to make it that viable. He is extremely powerful in the laning phase and at harrassing, but his damage potential isn't nearly as high as for mages as Annie, Veigar, Brand & Malzahar.
Tear seems very good. You run out so fast, even with mana-reg runes/masteries.
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"I also am Otherkin. Whenever autumn rolls around I can feel my kin-type slowly taking over my body. You must know, I identify as pumpkin. I can control it pretty good most of the time, but when September ends, I just cant hold it in anymore. Whenever Im outside I see my brothers and sisters being chopped into soup, coffee, donuts, cake, drinks, bread - ppl even cut human faces into their skin, making a mockery out of their noble appearance. When I see things like that I cant control my pumpkin urges anymore. My natural instincts kick in. I then sit down motionless, while getting bright orange." - Morgana L
ya the major problem with mage zil is his late game. Damage doesnt scale too well, so he's left with a rather mediocre burst in the form of bomb>rewind>bomb. If you don't have a ridiculously good early game with him, he won't be of much use later on, he'll be too easy to focus down since you build purely AP
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ya the major problem with mage zil is his late game. Damage doesnt scale too well, so he's left with a rather mediocre burst in the form of bomb>rewind>bomb. If you don't have a ridiculously good early game with him, he won't be of much use later on, he'll be too easy to focus down since you build purely AP
The EXACT reason why you RUSH deathcap and take FULL advantage of your insane early game.
Tri lane for life.
Rushing Deathcap is a meh strategy after the nerf. It now provides no more AP for your money than buying Needlessly Large Rods.
It's probably a better idea to build some other AP item first.
It's probably a better idea to build some other AP item first.
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You don't REALLY need Tear. Tear is just a lackluster item in general on MOST champions.
Start Doran's so you can harass effectively and repeatedly. Get another Doran's if you have to, then go for a Catalyst. Build Rod of Ages if you're ahead or just go for Deathcap if you're behind, turning Cata into a Banshee's later on.
Take blue buff whenever possible. Zilean is CRAZY mana hungry. The problem I have with Tear is that it kinda delays your damage too much and ruins your powerful early game, because Zilean really tapers off late-game.
Start Doran's so you can harass effectively and repeatedly. Get another Doran's if you have to, then go for a Catalyst. Build Rod of Ages if you're ahead or just go for Deathcap if you're behind, turning Cata into a Banshee's later on.
Take blue buff whenever possible. Zilean is CRAZY mana hungry. The problem I have with Tear is that it kinda delays your damage too much and ruins your powerful early game, because Zilean really tapers off late-game.
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- it's very difficult to avoid his harass.
- at level 6,
In this way, I think zilean is a GREAT counter to common strong solo laners in the current meta. Not only can he dish out as much damage as the enemy (very hard to avoid it too), but he can revive when they go for the kill.
- Mage zilean seems to have a lot of mana problems, or it may just be that I don't have my mana-reg seals equipped.
I'm still working out the build for mage zilean, and this is where theorycraft comes in. What should the start be?
What item should be rushed next? catalyst the protector or
After that, what's the best course of action? Go straight for a
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