Zilean Needs Attention

Gustav71··6 votes·288 views

As I have read on the board here in quite a few conversations since the new Zilean came out, he really needs attention.

I really loved playing old Zilean; running in, bombing and running out, at the cost of being like 2 hits away from death #1 the whole time.

His play was all about playing safe/getting your poke off and staying out of cc, while deciding when to zoom in, double bomb, and get out.

It made him super fun as a poke support and also as a mid lane.

Where the rework really messed him up: His Q is now impossible to land. Any player who knows how to move their champion can easily dodge zileans bombs as they seemingly take a year to get thrown and then to travel to the opponent.

This is extremely frustrating for playing Zilean because we all want to feel like we accomplish something during the came, and to keep chucking bombs only for them to all miss, and with minor pay off when they do hit is just depressing. Think of other supports like Braum or Taric - the ranged poke with braum, and jumping around makes him fun, whereas Tarics point-and-click stun makes him fun because you know you can't miss. With zil being so squishy, all he has left is the hope of getting his ult off before he is burst down, his small movespeed buff, and his bombs in the case that the whole team is stunned for >1 second.

This being said, his Q needs a rework. It needs a rework so that Zil becomes fun again and so that he actually becomes a viable pick.

4 Comments

Maximum Zilean2 votes

The real thing they should focus on reworking with Zilean is his passive. Since its not global anymore, its just flat out bad. "But muh early levl 2!" Yeah cause hitting level 2 one minion over your opponent is a real game changer!

He also needs some form of direction with his kit. And his W is a good thing to start with, maybe have him get a passive that can directly affect cooldowns on his allies.

And giving his W a bit more interaction with the rest of his kit would be great. Maybe double stacking your E on the target will immobilize the target? Or double the speed boost strength. (Of course would have to nerf the base speed on it, since a 198% would be flat out stupid OP)

In short, I would love if riot would make his kit direction a cooldown altering support, since it actually fits his theme and would be rather unique.

Summonerrr 12 votes

His Q can be useful as an area of denial tool or damage bottleneck (think timed Teemo shroom in a high-traffic area), but I do agree that his kit needs some work here and there.

I misclicked "no" and didn't notice I was voting like a bronze scrub until it was too late, that first no vote is my fault.

I hereby relinquish my voting privileges on the boards for the rest of the day.

Pika3102 votes

Zilean, like many other champions, is despised by Riot employees. Much to our chagrin, they don't want him seeing play. They won't give him the justice he deserves and even if he does miraculously find himself in the meta again, he'll just eat more nerfs.

I've learned long ago to never trust Riot to ever make the right decision, especially in regards to game health.

Ochef1 votes

riots should growth the range of the Q to stunt..... because last rework= 0 dmg, Useless passiv. Just One time in his life an Up?

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