
Zilean - Beholder of the Orange Infinity Gem

Summoner Spells Back to Top
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Abilities Back to Top
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Matchups Back to Top
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AlistarEasy
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BardEasy
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BraumEasy
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JannaMedium
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KarmaMedium
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LeonaEasy
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LuluHard
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MorganaHard
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NamiEasy
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SonaMedium
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SorakaHard
VS

Alistar
Easy
When he uses his set up zone out his ADC with double Q and stun so he can't do damage, if you miss its ok they will know he can't walk through it or he will be stunned so they'll either not go in at all or take a longer route around the circle giving your adc extra time to move after the knock up. You can also just stun the ali pre 6 and punish him super hard and/or kill him. With his regen harass becomes a little pointless at time but it's ok just ask for help from other lanes and you'll do fine.
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Bard
Easy
Simple match up just Dodge his Qs and when he goes out to collect meeps harass and zone his adc making the lane impossible if he tries to come back into lane through choke points or river through Qs and Es on him and punish him.
*Note: You can throw Qs in the middle of his tunnel and he will be stunned on his way out
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Braum
Easy
His shield blocks your bombs damage ONLY the stuns will still go off and you don't even have to aim it correctly b/c the shield picks it up right away attempting to block actually becoming a magnet and making for easy stuns on him and his adc . Dodge Qs and slow him if he lands a Q he wont catch up to go for AA damage. Easy to see his all in coming at you and you can prepare accordingly.
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Janna
Medium
Her shields early block your Q damage, so don't spend your mana trying to harass they have around the same mana cost and things will stalemate. Wait until you gain a good amount of regen and higher Q ranks other than that just use it for a stun set up (remember to use slow first or you it will be extremely difficult to land Qs on her).
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Karma
Medium
Her damage early is really good so you're main priority and not getting hit her shields coast a ton of mana and she has no speed increase unless the uses a charge which doesn't matter since your slow will make it useless (Slow percentages and calculated from current movement speed not base)
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Leona
Easy
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Lulu
Hard
Her mana costs are about the same as yours and her kit is a bit stronger in lane so just play passive and wait for assistance from jungler and other laners. Her harass is really strong early but if she uses rabbit go for a E-Q-W-Q-E combo and try to punish her once your adc breaks cc since she wont be able to shield
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Morgana
Hard
She's a nightmare in lane. Just hide behind creeps to dodge her snare and bait our black shields for set up with your ADC. You can begin to try and out trade her once you get some mana regen but until then just play passive no need to feed her or her lane.
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Nami
Easy
She's a bit of a problem early but once you get enough regen you can out damage her heals. Her spells cost a lot more mana and she will oom herself trying to keep up with your harass. Her passive is ruined with your slow and she's really squishy making her pretty free in lane
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Sona
Medium
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Soraka
Hard
her silence makes it really difficult to complete the the double Q combo and her strong heals make your R harder to outplay with since they have time to heal and land a silence/snare on you target being revived. Survive in lane by playing passive ask for help from laners and push into mid game quickly where you outshine her kit with extremely low cooldowns
Introduction Back to Top


This Guide is for SoloQ ranked and should help with picking up the basics of the champion. Zilean is very dependent on learning through experience and failure since he spells are extremely situational but with enough practice it gets ridiculously fun!
Update to my season 5 progress - http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/20779591#ranked-stats

Pros & Cons Back to Top
Pros:
-Incredible play maker
-Great poke early game
-Amazing peel for allies
-Amazing initiation through manipulation of allied and enemy movement speeds
-Pretty safe laner with his slows and stuns he's pretty difficult to gank.
-Extremely Adaptive to all situations
Cons:
-Very Squishy
-Very skill dependent
-His Main CC is hard to land (Practice makes Perfect)
-Very Difficult to learn the situations and how to use your abilities effectively for each one
Tips and Tricks! Back to Top
-Your Q does not have to blow up on a target to stun you can drop 2 on the ground and if an enemy walks over it they will be stunned.
-Your Q can be placed on and picked up by allies, using the Q combo on a melee ally will detonate and trigger the stun. It can be easier sometimes to land the stun on a melee ally since he/she will the in the thick of the fight and wont be trying to dodge it.
-Be Careful using your R on a full health target as the enemy will just ignore him and kill a different target, which necessarily isn't a bad thing since its ridiculous peel for the ulted ally.
-With dash heavy champions like it's almost always best to just slow her than try to outrun with a speed up, since the distance covered will only be the jumps and the target will go nowhere without the dashes help while slowed.
-Your Q combo is really easy to land when you slow your target and you can bait out flashes very easily.
