Zilean - Stay Old or Get Re-Birthed

Jellycake Demon·12/7/2019, 5:00:27 PM·2 votes·1,464 views

okay, come on folks, who here believes that NEEDS to have both a visual, gameplay & lore update or complete from the ground up re-work, raise a hand! because good gravey, this guy should've been one of THEE 1st OG champs that got the Re-Work treatment. and come on guys, you can stand there and tell me that now adays, with how the game looks, plays and everything else, that playing this Champion is satisfying. cause this dude looks so out of place now with the state of the game is in now, and surrounded by 85% of the champion roaster that look GUD, and looks, blah.

Note: for the main inspiration of this post, and has a better explanation about this topic, look for T B Skyen's YouTube video on Zilean.

2 Comments

Kazekiba12/7/2019, 6:48:46 PM1 votes

Zilean is kind of in a Morgana position where his model and story are a little outdated and visually/VO wise he's ancient and needs updated... but his kit, sans passive, holds together extremely well and maintains a high level of popularity regardless of balance or meta adjustments over time. Thats a huge reason why hes been denied a VGU, because the G part doesnt need updated at all. And when he does get a proper update, theres a chance his passive is going to be something insane, like reduced item cooldowns both passive/active or a lesser version of his W that can be cast on allies.

Fresh Furry12/7/2019, 7:40:45 PM1 votes

I feel like he should be revamped and get a minor game-play update, but more to match his lore. In game, he's an old guy with a big clock behind him who throws pocket watches or something like that, while in the lore he used arcane magic to save the lives of people in Icathia by pulling his entire clock tower outside of time itself. Imagine if, in game, they revamped his ultimate to, instead of what it is now, he pulls an area of his teammates out of time (invulnerable), and gives them time to heal (a few seconds) so that they can try again. That feels like it fits him better than throwing bombs.

Plus, when you look at the interactions and animations for other champs, they have huge pages of interactions and voice lines. Zilean has like, 2 voice lines and a few laugh versions. His hands are mostly one big block, instead of individual fingers.

Plus, just a little question, but why does he float above the ground? In his lore, he is a mage just like everyone else, and used time magic to save his people. What part of that makes him float?