Zilean Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 66.3%
- Pick rate
- 0.6%
- 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
Best three items so far
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Inspiration 
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Triple Tonic
Jack Of All Trades
Summoner spells
65.3%
95 games
Max order
Q
E
W
77.8%
18 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. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Zilean
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Zilean wins 66.3% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (101 games).
- Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 92% of games with a 65% win rate.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Not enough games yet.
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 4% (4) | |
| 100.0% | 3% (3) | |
| 78.6% | 42% (42) | |
| 75.0% | 16% (16) | |
| 71.4% | 7% (7) | |
| 70.6% | 17% (17) | |
| 66.7% | 3% (3) | |
| 66.7% | 3% (3) | |
| 65.2% | 23% (23) | |
| 62.5% | 8% (8) | |
| 60.0% | 5% (5) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Sorcery +
Resolve
Keystones
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
64.5%92% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
75.0%4% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
65.3%94% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
66.7%3% pick
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Flash + Ignite
100.0%3% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
77.8%18 games
Q
W
E
55.6%9 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (69%), Q → W → Q (58%), Q → E → W (100%).
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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.