Zilean Support build & stats
- Win rate
- 52.9%
- Pick rate
- 3.3%
- Ban rate
- 2.8%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Inspiration +
Sorcery 
Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Axiom Arcanist
Waterwalking
Summoner spells
58.3%
24 games
Max order
E
W
Q
63.2%
38 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Zilean
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Zilean wins 52.9% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (599 games).
- Most common core: Shurelya's Battlesong → Bandlepipes → Imperial Mandate — 64% win rate over 25 games.
- Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 77% of games with a 53% win rate.
- Best matchup: Poppy (90% over 10 games). Hardest: Lux (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Zilean scales: 69% win rate after 35 minutes versus 46% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 70.0% | 2% (10) | |
| 64.8% | 18% (105) | |
| 62.5% | 7% (40) | |
| 62.5% | 1% (8) | |
| 60.7% | 15% (89) | |
| 60.2% | 15% (88) | |
| 59.7% | 27% (159) | |
| 58.8% | 6% (34) | |
| 56.5% | 59% (356) | |
| 56.3% | 5% (32) | |
| 55.3% | 34% (206) | |
| 53.3% | 3% (15) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Domination 
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Waterwalking
Cheap Shot
Relentless Hunter
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Keystones
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
52.6%77% pick
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Guardian
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
47.4%10% pick
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Glacial Augment
Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.
65.7%6% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
54.2%4% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Heal
52.6%78% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
53.3%18% pick
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Flash + Ignite
58.3%4% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
W
Q
63.2%38 games
E
Q
W
59.4%32 games
Q
E
W
56.3%16 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (50%), Q → E → W (48%), E → Q → W (67%).
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PTime In A BottleZilean 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.
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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 st...
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WRewind
Zilean can prepare himself for future confrontations, reducing the cooldowns of his other basic abilities.
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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.
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RChronoshiftZilean places a protective time rune on an allied champion, teleporting the champion back in time if they take lethal damage.