Zilean·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zilean Support build, you should take Exhaust and Flash 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, Vigilant Wardstone and finish with Morellonomicon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.2% winrate over 668 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Relentless Hunter 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Shurelya's Battlesong as a third item. You want to finish the build with Imperial Mandate, Morellonomicon and Cosmic Drive. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 51.2% win rate across 258 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, Cryptbloom and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.5% win rate over 97 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.