Build guide · Patch 16.19ZileanMid build

the Chronokeeper

Win rate: 51.4%
Pick rate: 3.6%
Ban rate: 1.9%
Overall rank · Mid: #55 / 57
Win rate by patch (%)

Patch 16.19 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Emerald+ · all regions · How we calculate

Recommended Zilean build

Most played and most reliable choices

Runes

Spells

Skill priority

Start

Boots

Core

Runes

50.3% WR8.5% pick501 games

Sorcery

Inspiration

51.8% WR7.4% pick440 games

46.3% WR5.8% pick341 games

54.5% WR4.2% pick246 games

Skill order

57.5% WR23.8% pick991 games

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Summoner spells

52.7% WR78.0% pick4,507 games

52.5% WR8.9% pick514 games

Power curve

Steady through the whole game

0.0<25 min

0.025–30

0.030–35

0.035–40

0.040+

Win rate (%) by game length in minutes. Dashed line = 50%.

Item builds

First three completed items

Seraph's Embrace

Cosmic Drive

Shurelya's Battlesong

60.5%

8.3% · 223 games

Seraph's Embrace

Cosmic Drive

Imperial Mandate

56.2%

7.8% · 210 games

Tear of the Goddess

Rod of Ages

Seraph's Embrace

Cosmic Drive

61.5%

3.6% · 96 games

Seraph's Embrace

Cosmic Drive

Horizon Focus

63.8%

3.5% · 94 games

Seraph's Embrace

Shurelya's Battlesong

Cosmic Drive

68.3%

2.4% · 63 games

Doran's Ring

Health Potion

Start52.1%

81.3% · 4,718 games

Health Potion

Tear of the Goddess

Start53.5%

13.7% · 794 games

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Boots52.8%

79.0% · 4,469 games

Sorcerer's Shoes

Boots50.6%

11.8% · 668 games

Boots of Swiftness

Boots54.5%

5.7% · 323 games

Situational items

How often each item ends up in the final build

Seraph's Embrace72.2% · 54.2%

Cosmic Drive41.1% · 56.8%

Shurelya's Battlesong19.4% · 56.8%

Rod of Ages19.2% · 51.8%

Luden's Echo17.7% · 51.7%

Imperial Mandate16.9% · 58.5%

Dark Seal12.8% · 50.2%

Blackfire Torch9.1% · 53.1%

Tear of the Goddess6.9% · 37.1%

Mejai's Soulstealer6.3% · 73.2%

Oblivion Orb5.8% · 44.6%

Horizon Focus5.6% · 60.7%

Zhonya's Hourglass3.9% · 54.2%

Rabadon's Deathcap3.6% · 62.5%

Shadowflame3.6% · 52.2%

Cryptbloom2.6% · 59.6%

Zilean abilities

PassiveTime 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.

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.

Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80

WRewind

Zilean can prepare himself for future confrontations, reducing the cooldowns of his other basic abilities.

Cooldown: 14/12/10/8/6s · Cost: 35

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.

Cooldown: 15s · Cost: 50

RChronoshift

Zilean places a protective time rune on an allied champion, teleporting the champion back in time if they take lethal damage.

Cooldown: 120/90/60s · Cost: 125/150/175