01 / Zilean
At a glance
Learn Zilean abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Time BombCreates a control window for a follow-up.
- RewindAdds a utility effect to the champion’s kit.
- ChronoshiftContributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
What can go wrong
- Time BombUse this control to create a follow-up window. Check the target’s defensive spells and your teammates’ range before committing.
- RewindRead the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PTime In A Bottle
Zilean stores time as Experience and can grant it to his allies. When he has enough Experience to finish an ally's level up, he can right-click them to impart it. Zilean receives as much Experience as he gives.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
QTime Bomb
Tosses a bomb to target area that sticks to units that come near it (prioritizes Champions). It detonates after 3 seconds, dealing area of effect damage. If a Time Bomb is detonated early by another Time Bomb, it also stuns enemies.
Use this control to create a follow-up window. Check the target’s defensive spells and your teammates’ range before committing.
WRewind
Zilean can prepare himself for future confrontations, reducing the cooldowns of his other basic abilities.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
ETime Warp
Zilean bends time around any unit, decreasing an enemy's Move Speed or increasing an ally's Move Speed for a short time.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
RChronoshift
Zilean places a protective time rune on an allied champion, teleporting the champion back in time if they take lethal damage.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
Zilean combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Recast practice: Time Bomb
- E
- Q
- W
- Q
With Zilean, start with Time Warp, then continue through Time Bomb → Rewind → Time Bomb. Treat the repeated Time Bomb as separate activations. Practise its first effect and the moment for the follow-up independently.
Recast practice: Time Bomb
- AA
- Q
- AA
- W
- Q
- AA
With Zilean, start with Basic attack, then continue through Time Bomb → Basic attack → Rewind → Time Bomb → Basic attack. Treat the repeated Time Bomb as separate activations. Practise its first effect and the moment for the follow-up independently.
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Game plan by role
Zilean · Support
Stand where you can help your lane partner without exposing both of you. Coordinate the opening before spending your main control or protection.
Set up vision with nearby allies rather than walking into unlit areas alone. Roam when your lane partner can safely handle the next wave.
Choose between creating an opening and protecting the teammate who can carry the fight. Do not spend every defensive spell on the first visible enemy.
Before your next fight, check: Time Bomb · Chronoshift · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Zilean · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.