Zilean·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zilean Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Solstice Sleigh as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Shurelya's Battlesong. For your last 3 items, you should build Imperial Mandate, Morellonomicon and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.7% winrate over 4 824 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Zilean Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Relentless Hunter 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Shurelya's Battlesong as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Imperial Mandate, Morellonomicon and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 48.9% win rate over 2 350 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells, with runes being 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, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Warmog's Armor as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.7% win rate across 2 321 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zilean Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Shurelya's Battlesong as third item. The last 3 options are Imperial Mandate, Morellonomicon and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.0% win rate over 897 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.