Zilean

Support

Middle

I’ve Seen Their Death

Wave clear pressure, roams, and maximum utility.

Sorcery

Empowered abilities and resource manipulation

Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging or shielding allies.
Manaflow Band

Hitting enemy champions with a spell grants maximum mana.

After reaching 250 mana, Manaflow Band restores 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence

Gain 10% CDR when you reach level 10. Excess CDR becomes AP or AD, Adaptive.
Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, Adaptive over the course of the game.

Inspiration

Creative tools and rule bending

Minion Dematerializer

Start the game with 6 Minion Dematerializers. Killing minions with the item gives permanent bonus damage vs. that minion type.
Cosmic Insight

+5% CDR
+5% Max CDR
+5% Summoner Spell CDR
+5% Item CDR

Offense

+1-10% CDR
Flex

+6 AD or 10 AP
Defense

+5 Armor or 6 MR (match-up)

WhySummon Aery

Summon Aery is a great offensive as well as defensive tool on Zilean as casting [E] on a friendly target will grant them the shield.

WhyManaflow Band

Zilean is a champion who relies heavily on casting his ability often, sometimes leaving you out of mana during important fights. Manaflow Band helps you to regen that mana when paired with ROA.

WhyTranscendence

Transcendence allows you to build an early ROA while still hitting that important mid game CDR cap.

WhyGathering Storm

Gathering Storm is a fantastic rune on Zilean as it allows you ro safely scale into a deadly late game carry with high bomb potential while still retaining your teamfight utility.

WhyMinion Dematerializer

Minion Dematerialzer plays a key role in being able to keep the lane pressure/wave clear up so you're able to leave lane and find ganks or fights with your jungler.

The bonus damage to minions allows you to clear waves in 2 bombs without stragglers being left behind to auto attack.

WhyCosmic Insight

Zilean's strongest stat is cooldown reduction as it allows him to get more of his high base-damage [Q] off as well as empoewring/slowing targets with [E].