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Zilean champion portrait

Zilean Build

Support Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 22,045 gamesUpdated

51.1%win rate1.0%pick1.0%ban

Who counters Zilean

Every Support matchup for Zilean, ranked →

How to build Zilean

Ionian Boots of Lucidity→Shurelya's Battlesong→Bandlepipes→Imperial Mandate

Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Shurelya's Battlesong → Bandlepipes → Imperial Mandate

57.3% win rate 21% of games 1,890 games
RunesSorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalkingDominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter27% of games
SpellsFlashHealFlash + Heal60%
Skills
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Time Bomb
114151718
Rewind
29101213
Time Warp
34578
Chronoshift
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StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Zilean build →

Best ADCs for Zilean

Who Zilean has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst ADCs for Zilean

Who Zilean has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

51.1%win rate
Patch 26.20: 51.5% over 56,208 gamesPatch 26.21: 51.1% over 22,045 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
50.8%at Emerald+
1.0%pick rate
1.0%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 2 last patch
46.0%under 22 min
51.8%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Zilean champion portraitS Zilean+Lucian champion portraitB LucianvsLulu champion portraitS Lulu+Yunara champion portraitB Yunara
2 / 6 / 10

Build

Celestial OppositionIonian Boots of Lucidity|Shurelya's Battlesong→Bandlepipes

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

QEWEEREQEQRQ
Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Zilean champion portraitS Zilean+Zeri champion portraitB ZerivsBlitzcrank champion portraitS Blitzcrank+Varus champion portraitB Varus
1 / 3 / 24

Build

Solstice SleighIonian Boots of Lucidity|Shurelya's Battlesong→Imperial Mandate

Spells & runes

HealFlash|

Skills

QWEQQRQEQERE
Loss 15–20m
MASTER+
Zilean champion portraitS Zilean+Caitlyn champion portraitB CaitlynvsBlitzcrank champion portraitS Blitzcrank+Kalista champion portraitB Kalista
0 / 3 / 3

Build

Solstice SleighIonian Boots of Lucidity|

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

QWEEEREWE

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 51.6% win rate · 27% of games · 5,227 games
SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Shards Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 49.9% win rate · 15% of games · 2,861 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashHealFlash + Heal60%51.4%13,532 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash24%51.0%5,469 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity76%Boots of Swiftness14%Sorcerer's Shoes6%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity most often · 51.8% win rate
Support item
Solstice Sleigh50%Zaz'Zak's Realmspike32%Celestial Opposition14%
Solstice Sleigh most often · 52.5% win rate

Zilean build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Shurelya's Battlesong1st
  2. Imperial Mandate2nd
  3. Bandlepipes3rd
9% of games that reach a third item take this path60.0% win rate831 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Zilean →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 21,958 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
74% · 52.2% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
14% · 51.6% win rate
Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
6% · 51.4% win rate
BootsBoots
2% · 34.5% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
2% · 55.2% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
1% · 45.9% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Shurelya's Battlesong+Ionian Boots of Lucidity6% of games · 38.8% win rate · 1,344 games
  2. Shurelya's Battlesong›Imperial Mandate+Ionian Boots of Lucidity6% of games · 48.6% win rate · 1,265 games
  3. Shurelya's Battlesong›Bandlepipes+Ionian Boots of Lucidity6% of games · 51.2% win rate · 1,233 games
  4. Shurelya's Battlesong›Imperial Mandate›Bandlepipes+Ionian Boots of Lucidity3% of games · 60.5% win rate · 635 games
  5. Shurelya's Battlesong›Bandlepipes›Imperial Mandate+Ionian Boots of Lucidity3% of games · 57.2% win rate · 582 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Zilean against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Zilean's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst ADCs are ranked the same way, against Zilean's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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