Zilean

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

52.6% Based on 266 games wr in Support

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Ionian Boots of Lucidity

   900 gold

   10 Ability Haste
   45 Move Speed
   
   Ionian Insight
   Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
   
   

   Ionian Boots of Lucidity

   90% pick · 53.4% Based on 232 picks wr
2. Item 1 3 options
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     Shurelya's Battlesong

     2200 gold

     50 Ability Power
     15 Ability Haste
     4% Move Speed
     125% Base Mana Regen
     
     Inspiring Speech
     Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
     Shurelya's Battlesong

     36% pick · 63.0% Based on 92 picks wr
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     Locket of the Iron Solari

     2200 gold

     200 Health
     30 Armor
     30 Magic Resist
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Devotion
     Grant nearby allies a 290 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
     or Locket of the Iron Solari

     20% pick · 56.9% Based on 51 picks wr
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     Redemption

     2300 gold

     30 Ability Power
     15 Ability Haste
     100% Base Mana Regen
     10% Heal and Shield Power
     
     Intervention
     Restore 150 - 350 Health to allied units and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
     or Redemption

     13% pick · 48.5% Based on 33 picks wr
3. Item 2 3 options
   • 
     Locket of the Iron Solari

     2200 gold

     200 Health
     30 Armor
     30 Magic Resist
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Devotion
     Grant nearby allies a 290 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
     Locket of the Iron Solari

     22% pick · 54.8% Based on 42 picks wr
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     Knight's Vow

     2300 gold

     200 Health
     40 Armor
     10 Ability Haste
     100% Base Health Regen
     
     Sacrifice
     While near your Worthy ally, take 14% of the damage they receive and heal for 12% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
     Designate an ally as Worthy.
     or Knight's Vow

     21% pick · 63.4% Based on 41 picks wr
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     Bandlepipes

     2300 gold

     200 Health
     15 Ability Haste
     20 Armor
     20 Magic Resist
     
     Fanfare
     Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion grants Fanfare for seconds. Fanfare grants you 20 Move Speed. While you have Fanfare, nearby allies, including yourself, gain Attack Speed.
     or Bandlepipes

     18% pick · 48.6% Based on 35 picks wr
4. Item 3 3 options
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     Bandlepipes

     2300 gold

     200 Health
     15 Ability Haste
     20 Armor
     20 Magic Resist
     
     Fanfare
     Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion grants Fanfare for seconds. Fanfare grants you 20 Move Speed. While you have Fanfare, nearby allies, including yourself, gain Attack Speed.
     Bandlepipes

     23% pick · 73.7% Based on 19 picks wr
   • 
     Locket of the Iron Solari

     2200 gold

     200 Health
     30 Armor
     30 Magic Resist
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Devotion
     Grant nearby allies a 290 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
     or Locket of the Iron Solari

     22% pick · 61.1% Based on 18 picks wr
   • 
     Knight's Vow

     2300 gold

     200 Health
     40 Armor
     10 Ability Haste
     100% Base Health Regen
     
     Sacrifice
     While near your Worthy ally, take 14% of the damage they receive and heal for 12% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
     Designate an ally as Worthy.
     or Knight's Vow

     12% pick · 60.0% Based on 10 picks Only 3.8% of this role's matches — off-meta (not the usual pick for this role) wr
5. Item 4 3 options
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     Knight's Vow

     2300 gold

     200 Health
     40 Armor
     10 Ability Haste
     100% Base Health Regen
     
     Sacrifice
     While near your Worthy ally, take 14% of the damage they receive and heal for 12% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
     Designate an ally as Worthy.
     Knight's Vow

     29% pick · 100.0% Based on 2 picks Only 0.8% of this role's matches — off-meta (not the usual pick for this role) wr
   • 
     Mikael's Blessing

     2300 gold

     250 Health
     100% Base Mana Regen
     12% Heal and Shield Power
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Purify
     Remove all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne and Suppression) from an ally champion and restore 100 - 250 Health.
     or Mikael's Blessing

     29% pick · 100.0% Based on 2 picks Only 0.8% of this role's matches — off-meta (not the usual pick for this role) wr
   • 
     Bandlepipes

     2300 gold

     200 Health
     15 Ability Haste
     20 Armor
     20 Magic Resist
     
     Fanfare
     Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy champion grants Fanfare for seconds. Fanfare grants you 20 Move Speed. While you have Fanfare, nearby allies, including yourself, gain Attack Speed.
     or Bandlepipes

     14% pick · 0.0% Based on 1 picks Only 0.4% of this role's matches — off-meta (not the usual pick for this role) wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Flash +

Heal

Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.

Heal 89% · 52.5% Based on 236 picks wr

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Q Time 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.

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W Rewind

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

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E Time 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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R Chronoshift

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

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Sorcery

Summon Aery · selected

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band · selected

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence · selected

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking · selected

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Inspiration

Hextech Flashtraption

While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.

Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.

Magical Footwear

You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.

Cash Back

Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Triple Tonic · selected

Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice.
Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force.
Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.

Time Warp Tonic

Potions grant some restoration immediately.

Biscuit Delivery

Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.

Cosmic Insight · selected

+18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Approach Velocity

Bonus MS towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired, increased for enemy champions that you impair.

Jack Of All Trades

For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste.

Gain bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste · selected

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).