Zilean·Top Build
Win rate | 53.4% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 0.8% |
Matches | 1 129- |
Zilean Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 60.8% based on 74 matches
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60.8%Optional
60.0%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 12 sec
Early Items
@ 6 min
Core Items
@ 21 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Zilean Matchups Overview
Zilean General information
Zilean combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Zilean Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Zilean Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Summon Aery as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Waterwalking in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Relentless Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Rod of Ages as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Archangel's Staff. For your last 3 items, you should build Cosmic Drive, Morellonomicon and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 60.8% winrate over 74 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Zilean Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Font of Life, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Rod of Ages, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Archangel's Staff as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Frozen Heart, Luden's Companion and Cosmic Drive. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 60.0% win rate over 50 matches.
Situational Zilean Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Zilean build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Zilean runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Zilean Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.6 the best possible matchups for Zilean Top are:
- vs. Udyr - win rate over games.
- vs. Tahm Kench - 80.0% win rate over 10 games.
- vs. Mordekaiser - 72.2% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Karma - 71.4% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Malphite - 71.4% win rate over 21 games.
Consider picking Zilean into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Zilean.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Zilean in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Singed - 16.7% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Rengar - 25.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Kled - 33.3% win rate over 9 games.
- vs. Nasus - 33.3% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Urgot - 34.6% win rate over 26 games.
These champions are considered as Zilean counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Zilean counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.