Zileans rework. The true time master.

Mrmiki·2/17/2018, 3:06:35 AM·5 votes·373 views

so i have been thinking that zilean's abilities do not really fit the time control theme good enough mostly because they are a bit outdated. he goes around throwing explosives like if he was a demolition engineer XD. here are a new redesign much more fitting and interactive that could be reworked into:

  • passive: sight of the future when zilean levels up he and his allies in a certain radius can level up another non ult ability that had at least one point. that ability remains leveled up until they gain a new level an then it goes back to their last level .

second passive: dissorted time whenever zilean autoattack a stunned champion he deals extra damage

  • Q: inestable paradox first cast: zilean bends the time in a small area. if an enemy is caught there it creates an image of themselfs that stands in location for 3 seconds (like with zeds shadows). After 1 second, if the real champion touches its image it creates a time paradox that detonates dealing area damage to nearby enemies.

second cast: zilean bends the time in a small area dealing damage and moving all enemies caught back to their images ( making it detonate)

  • W: hour zero zilean creates a small bubble of time that pops after 1 second. every enemie caught is timefreezed for 1,5 seconds. timefreezed is a new cc that stuns the champion and all the damage, heals, buffs and shields put on them while freezed applies all at once when the time unfreezes

  • E: back to the past zilean targets an ally or himself and gives speed during 3 seconds. the target leaves a copy of their image that stands in location for 3 seconds allies and zilean can click in their own image to return to it while it lasts, healing a small percentage of the damage taken in that time

  • R: time freeze. the time completely stops in a 900 radius around zilean. everything in that radius (champion, projectiles, minions, abilities) stops and go on pause and after 2 seconds time unfreezes and everything keep their trajectories and cooldowns. champions that are outside the zone get frozen if they enter the zone and all the abilities from outside are paused as well if they enter the zone and applied once the time restart.

ok so how do you play this abilities you may ask? well zilean has the awesome ability to move allies or enemies or himself back to the past. with his q he creates danger areas to zone the enemy that must move away or take damage. if you hit the second cast you apply damage twice because enemies collide with their images

when running away try to target your pursuer and if you land the 2 casts of q they return back to their image so you can effectively scape

you can also zone with your W to freeze your enemies. if you manage to Q an enemie to create an image you can put a W (the time bubble) under their image to make sure they get freezed if you move them to their image with the second Q cast

use your E (back to the past), on an ally, specially a diver, so they can click their image to regain position and heal a bit of the damage taken. or you can run in one direction and clik your image to reappear where you were

your R freezes the time so your allies and enemies can reposition around your ult. have in mind that projeciles (and champions) from outside will freeze when they collide with your ult and they move all at once when time restart. everyone involved in the ult will have a few seconds to think their next move when time unfreezes. just imagine a full lucians ult coming at you all at once. i hope you have flash XD

You only do damage with your Q explosion and your passive so you will try to freeze enemies with your W or R for your autos to deal extra damage.

All in all the essence of the old zilean is kept but the abilities have much much more potential. he can be played primarily as support because he has tons of utility or as a combo mage

I would like to hear your opinions wheter you like it or if you don't. Thanks for the reading.

4 Comments

Themirrormaker2/17/2018, 4:29:58 AM1 votes

i like it a lot. you put a lot of emphasis in the timebending theme and it really fit the idea of moving trough time and sending people to past and future.

the ultimate looks so much fun, knowing that a lot of skillshoots are aiming at you and hoping that your ally flash to intercept them. miss fortune combo could be insane.

i see a lot of potential in combos with the abilities and they still have many similarities with the old zilean playstyle (except the ult but i find this one much more interactive and exciting)

LunaGalaxy142/19/2018, 4:51:50 AM1 votes

All around, this proposed game update to Zilean has some nice ideas about how he could be taken to support the time theme much better.

My only concerns are how much stuff he's able to do and the incoherence of his kit (it still feels off like as if some of them don't belong with each other or in a support kit). Another thing is how niche and utility-styled Zilean is shaped here; if you haven't seen/heard it yet, full-utility champions have a hard time being viable, and this utility kit leaves him in a state of enigma of what to build. I understand that you're trying to bring him up from a boring/misdirected theme, but I feel as though he should at least have some coherence and scaling in there somewhere (besides level/xp).

Though the idea of a niche champion like this new Zilean is interesting, although, it might not catch on with the rest of the players (besides mains probably).

+1

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