Zilean Support build & stats
- Win rate
- 51.0%
- Pick rate
- 3.3%
- Ban rate
- 2.1%
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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
Sorcery +
Inspiration 
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Sorcery
Inspiration
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
E
W
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 51.0% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (3,115 games).
- Most common core: Shurelya's Battlesong → Bandlepipes → Imperial Mandate — 61% win rate over 199 games.
- Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 60% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Xerath (75% over 24 games). Hardest: Swain (33% over 12 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Zilean scales: 54% win rate after 35 minutes versus 45% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 76.5% | 1% (17) | |
| 69.2% | 0% (13) | |
| 65.1% | 4% (126) | |
| 60.9% | 5% (156) | |
| 57.1% | 2% (56) | |
| 56.9% | 2% (65) | |
| 56.0% | 1% (25) | |
| 55.2% | 8% (250) | |
| 54.7% | 11% (333) | |
| 50.9% | 19% (582) | |
| 47.5% | 2% (59) | |
| 46.3% | 5% (162) |
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.
Sorcery
Domination
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Sorcery +
Domination
Keystones
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
51.2%23% 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%4% 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.
58.1%1% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
45.9%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Heal
51.2%23% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
51.9%5% pick
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Flash + Ignite
43.5%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
59.4%32 games
E
W
Q
66.7%24 games
Q
E
W
78.6%14 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (52%), Q → E → W (48%).
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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.