Zilean·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zilean Mid 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 Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Triple Tonic and Minion Dematerializer 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 Archangel's Staff as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Shurelya's Battlesong. For your last 3 items, you should build Imperial Mandate, Cosmic Drive and finish with Malignance. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 63.7% winrate over 325 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Zilean Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling 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 Cosmic Drive, Morellonomicon and Shurelya's Battlesong. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 59.7% win rate over 288 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Triple Tonic with Minion Dematerializer in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Shurelya's Battlesong as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Archangel's Staff as a third item. You want to finish the build with Imperial Mandate, Cryptbloom and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 58.5% win rate across 130 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zilean Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Rod of Ages as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Archangel's Staff as third item. The last 3 options are Cosmic Drive, Morellonomicon and Imperial Mandate. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 46.2% win rate over 91 matches played.

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.