How it feels playing as Zilean

Giovarco··3 votes·623 views

I don't miss the old Zilean (no play on words XD). Old Zilean was binary and annoying to play against, but now He's so depressing to play as.

HIs Q is skillshot, like it has to be, IMHO. Landing a bomb when the opponents have no boots is hard, but not impossible. However, hell, when they get boots or have some sorts of dash, you can do sh** about it. If you want some chances to land at least 1 bomb, you have to E->Q->W->Q. This combo is pretty effective IMO, but you can do it only one or two times because It will drain your mana quickly, and the stun isn't guaranted at all after this wastefulness of mana. Really, I'm depressed when I try to catch em with two bombs, but you end up landing both to the ground or a minion. Then, do we want to talk about his E. His E was ok before his rework. I prefer a longer duration than a castrated version that's gutted by the movement speed cap. Besides, his passive and W are pretty useless. His Q could have an ammo system and his pick up radius scale with Zilean levels, so you don't need this W. His E need to be reverted, maybe giving it a little less CD later on levels. Anyway, you never max it first. His power spike is good at lv6, but when you have to use your ulti, you don't have mana because your mana costs on R wasn't normalized.

Zilean is definetevely playable, but there's not a single reason to pick him outside his ult. I mean, Zilean ult is good because is point-and-click, but he has no kit. Other champions can use their kit at 100% and use their ult.

Zilean item 3070

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ShuffledPancake1 votes

Go full tank - Maybe zhonyas and spirit visage since his ultr now heals MORE on both you/the target - (Main Zilean atm - Ap is only good if you are against like a mf or a ryze maybe xDxD)

TheFirstGokun1 votes

Zilean got me out of Bronze. His lategame is pretty crazy once you have enough mana to spam, as all you do is set up kills with your insane slow and stun. He zones like a boss, his stun is huge and works very well with allied cc (Zil + Amumu is a broken combination). Sure, he's easy to dodge, but that's only one skill which you don't even need to land half the time. You're not a burst mage, you're Zilean. Support your team right and you'll find he's a valuable asset. Also, racecar Zilean ftw. Build item 3069 item 3800 item 3023 item 1326 item 3512 and then 1 AP item. He's nowhere near depressing to play; in fact, he's one of the most enjoyable champs I've played (second only to Bard )

A Miss Fortune1 votes

I just think they should give him a real passive and make his W stronger, it resets the cooldowns of your other spells but that's pretty much it. It has no real interactions, nothing amazing. Maybe give his W a passive related to cooldown reduction too? Like maybe Zilean's spells all lose (At max rank) 10% of their cooldown, regardless of how much CDR% you have. It would allow him to spam a tiny bit more, but also allow him to get 50% CDR technically. Sort of how like Zyra's W has a passive.

ModAcademy Kayn1 votes

A tip for landing bombs, whether or not they have boots, is to wait for them to use an AA, or an ability, so when their animation starts, you can get throw a bomb on them, with half the chance of them dodging.

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