Ranked #7 out of 39 in SupportDiscover all Support champions who counter Zilean. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Zilean in League of Legends and win in Champion Select! Zilean Data for all roles taken from 26,623433416,94419,135164 matches.
Spider Shaped says “Много урона,стан,замедление и воскрешение союзника сильно мешают. Умелый Зилеан с правильной сборкой,может использовать ультимейт под конец ульту очень часто,и это очень раздражает.”
yers says “His PNC GA ult can instantly stop you from killing anyone. However pre6 he makes a great snack. Just make sure to keep running since his bombs' range of pickup is incredible and you don't want to get stunned.”
Terrific says “Zilean is very annoying with his bombs, does almost no dmg with a single bomb but if he gets his stun off with his second one it hurts. His ult is very cringe and should not be in the game but since it is. Try to get pressure and kills pre 6 otherwise you might be having a hard time cashing in if its a good zilean. Other then that he's very squishy and should be killable most of the time. Keep in mind if he uses his slow/speed thing on you, he will literally put you in a wheelchair. It feels like nasus W but even worse.”
KuuHaKu_OtgmZ says “Always focus him during trades past level 6, since his ultimate can ruin your all-in. As long as he's unable to stick both bombs on you it'll be easy since he doesn't have any other offensive ability”
Nik7857 says “Tough if they pick him. He has two slows if he resets it, guess buying qss won't do anything. Jokes aside, buy qss anyways as he probably won't double slow and focus on double bombing to do poke dmg, if he even knows what Kalista is.”
Eccentricks says “Something I have noticed about this guy is that he gets annoying once he hits level 6. Enemy gets away with stacks on them and you press E? Zilean Ult. Activate Spray and Pray to try and catch someone off guard from bushes? Zilean Ult.
About to destroy the enemy Nexus? Well, maybe the ult wont help there, but its point that counts. Luckily, he does have to get a little close to poke, so use that to your advantage.”
ADCMike says “Mostly an issue because he will make it very difficult to get your stacks off if you cannot kill the lane pre 6. His slow cripples your w and you can't dodge his bombs in lane if he decides to all in. Easy to 1 shot pre 6 though.”
Xerxes Is ADC says “Kinda useless if he misses his first bomb, however if he lands one on you, what I like to do is ruin the enemy adc's farm by standing near weak minon creeps to have their lane push towards my tower or make them lose cs. ”
relog says “Ok, your lane will be Alistar + Swain for more winrate, Zilean can stun alistar when he is in combo.
Sua lane vai ser Alistar + Swain para mais winrate, o Zilean so vai stunar o Alistar quando ele estiver combando.”
II Monokaiser II says “Fácil no começo, mas conforme o jogo vai se estendendo a ult dele e o kit de cc serão um problema, tente acabar o mais rapido possivel.”
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Drewmatth Taliyah says “Corrupting if you think you cannot dodge bombs/ you gonna get poked down eventually, Doran + 2 pots if you are decent at dodging skills / want to survive the burst easier / want to deal a bigger spike of damage if you can hit your W).
It is not a difficult matchup in terms of surviving. It is not easy to kill a decent Zilean as he will just E himself any time you want to W, so your main source of damage is Q while he E's himself and WE after that is over. Beware of his ult. You can push early much faster than him and you can roam better. He is a threat to you only if he comes close to E you and double Q to setup a jungler gank. Call your jungler, they should have no chance 2vs2 if you use your skills properly pre 6. Post 6 don't get baited by his ult for no reason.”
Scyrine says “dodge his skillshots and hard engage on him. He's going to play extremely safe and use his ult exactly when he's going to die. just watch how he's playing and you'll win. ”
Fuzzmonkey says “Not a lot of people play Zilean mid but he can be killed multiple times during laning phase if you hit your chains. Reason being is, he can only choose to speed up or double bomb, most will choose to speed up so that they can dodge your chain. Again, this leaves them vulnerable and you're able to make multiple burst combo's on him. After level 6, try your best to use your chains to slowly kill him since he will ult to come back. If you kill him whilst he ults, rinse and repeat the combo's until you kill him.”
Hullos says “He is fast and his ult is kinda a nuisance. Other than that he has one damage ability that can be played around with good positioning. You will find it hard to kill him if they know what they are doing but then you just scale. ”
sweodigaming says “Same as Ekko, he can't ult when he is stunned, he is also very squishy so try to burst him before he can use his R. Other than that just dodge his time bombs and you will be fine.”
Sylvan Lore says “Zilean is actually quite a strong mid pick imo. He excels at peeling for allies and stopping pick comps from working. Unlucky for him, Orianna ult can pick multiple targets at once. In laning, always try to trade with him, especially after he throws a double bomb since he has a decent cooldown on his W. Don't push into him too much because his stun coupled with his E slow makes for a free kill for any jungler nearby.
Recommend: Barrier and Dmg Build. If he is hitting a lot of Qs on you, banshee veil works. But i personally find high damage and one-shooting multiple targets is much more effective against his playstyle. ”
Fuzzmonkey says “As long as he doesn't hit a double bomb on you, you'll be fine during laning, the problem occurs when he hits 6. Since he denies your ult with hit ult. The only thing I can suggest is perhaps getting your jungler to gank you to get his ult down, the use your ult once his ult is on cooldown. ”
MetaKnight13373 says “Zilean's speed steroid makes him very hard to land a charm on, he also will be able to outperform you in teamfights with his high damage and resurrect. Luckily his two core items, ROA and GLP were removed so he should be a lot less common in the midlane. ”
Yeager says “Use phase rush with inspiration secondary (biscuits + time warp tonic). Zilean relies on slowing opponents to make sure he hits double bomb. Phase rush counters his slows completely, and makes him useless in lane. Post-6 he's really hard to kill because of his ult, so it just depends on who can waveclear first and roam. ”
Twitch.Tv-LimitBreaker88 says “Watch out for his bombs, especially double bomb on nearby minion can hit you too. Otherwise you both scale, but you have better lane and gank escape. Keep pushing for priority and poke him out. You can do whatever you want”
FalleN3 says “Be aware and cautious of his level 2 - it hurts a LOT more than one would expect. He's difficult to lane against and pretty much all you can do for the first few levels is farm. It's possible to try to trade with him once you are level 3 and his abilities have been dodged and are on cooldown. You could possibly start with boots and potions to give you some extra movement speed to avoid his bombs, this however will lower your ability to trade favourably with him. After level 6 he is still an issue due to his ultimate but you should be able to burst him down fairly quickly.”
SkellyBirb says “Zilean can't do much to kill you, however he'll be hard to kill with his ultimate and movement speed boost. He can also use his time bombs to stun you, so you need to position carefully.”
FalleN3 says “First thing's first, be careful of his level 2 - it hurts a LOT more than one would expect. He is difficult to lane against and pretty much all you can do for the first few levels is farm. You can start with boots and potions to give you some extra movement speed to avoid his bombs. After level 6 he is still an issue due to his ultimate but you should be able to burst him down fairly quickly. ”
Noodles912 says “His ult screws you over, and you can't avoid his Q damage when stuck to you. Look to shove and roam, and never ult if he is nearby. You win trades against him, but he has better survive ability. Use E to dodge his stun, and stay away from minions with his bomb. Easy lane, impossible solo kills. If he uses ult, let him survive on 1 hp, then when its over, clean it up. Zhonyas can help a lot with this. Watch for his double stun.”
Fadedreformed says “Very easy to play against, can be annoying and probably be diving you permanently with his jungler so care for that. His wave pushing is insane.”
Yuki H. says “Very difficult matchup. He is almost like another support with his movement impairing or boosting abilities which can assist incoming ganks. Watch out for his bombs- if you are hit with 2, you will be stunned. Do not ever overextend without vision of the enemy jungler, or you will be punished very heavily. You win all-ins quite easily, even post 6. Just remember this is not only about 1v1s and is more about the team. Zilean roams can be more annoying than you think, so ping MIAs whenever he is gone from mid.”
Veralion says “DH/Dark seal. Zilean’s early game is pretty weak. His bombs are telegraphed and dodgeable, but have a somewhat deceptive hitbox and can snap to you in surprising fashion, so be well away from their landing point. They don’t do much damage until he gets a few points into the ability, and he doesn’t have the mana pool to sustain his undodgeable EQWQ harass pattern. You won’t have much difficulty in the lane for a while and should be able to maintain farm parity. Once he gets Luden’s, the lane starts to become obnoxious. Now he’ll have the mana to guarantee chunk you if you step into E range and you won’t be able to stand anywhere near your wave for fear of double bombs. Remember that he doesn’t have to Q you twice to stun you, only something near you. It’s also very hard to all in him through his self E and ult, and the best you can hope for on your own will probably be to force the latter. HoB is inadvisable with how easily he can ult whoever you're hitting, or just press E on you and prevent you from completing the combo. He can't ult more than one target though, so the dragonfire scaling build to chunk several targets at once is the way to go. Just farm up and wait for your jungler to make a play. When he comes, try to make sure both of you don’t get stunned if Zil is too healthy to get immediately gibbed. ”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Low Even
He is annoying with his ult and guaranteed cc burst combo but you generally do out poke him so you should be able to bully him out, keep in mind to delay killing him when he ults and get something to slow him to stop him from running away at the speed of sound.”
Debonair Karma says “Boring. Neither sides have kill potential, but you can poke him really easily. He also can't farm under tower at all, so shove him asap. Take teleport.”
Gageowago says “In a 1v1 you should easily win against him because his only damage comes from his q and autos. Avoid his stun at all costs though because he can poke you with that damage and then easily back away to do it again in a few seconds. Avoid his stun and then go for a charm. It is also important to note that after getting Rod, Zilean's bombs do ridiculous damage. Don't bother dedicating important abilities to killing him post 6. After laning phase remember that Zilean's team earns more xp when grouped than yours does so send someone to split and divide his team.”
topal says “the matchup is favourable for zilean.If you dodge his stun you can win the trades.Try to punish him early game because his midgame is very strong in the right team comp. ”
Yas Yasu Yasuo says “He gets movements speed to dodge your abilities and ult to revive anyone in the team which makes you useless in the whole game. I would avoid picking Zed when a Zilean is on the other team. All in when you hit 6 before him.”
8wolf says “Rarely seen. Relatively short range and only one damaging ability. If you see him starting his combo, just w e away, even if he hits you with one bomb, he won't get the stun.”
Tehqo says “Pretty easy matchup. You basically don't want to get hit by his 2nd bomb as it will stun you. Other than that, he is relatively easy to lane against. You just probably won't be able to kill him.”
LONERlSM says “Farm Lane be careful to not play into your minions zilean can stun you and chunk you out of lane if you are not careful. Look to shove him in level 1 and harass him till he is level 3.”
DravensBukkake says “TP matchup.
Boring. So fucking boring. Shove and roam. W Q AA spam poke harass. AFK farm, better team wins. Stonewall of mid lane. ”
Cloud375 says “This lane will probably push into your tower normally, but regardless, this is an easy lane as he is quite squishy and as long as you dodge the second bomb which stuns, you will be fine.”
Flakees says “Now, this matchup is not what i consider a threat, but is more like, after lvl 6 you can't kill him. Imo, this is the best champ for someone who can't play vs Fizz should use. Sometimes im smurffing and low elo players pick him, making it almost impossible for me to win the lane.
Push the mid wave, and roam top and bot as much as you can so you can snowball”
Euphoric Toaster says “Really easy matchup. You'll likely never be able to kill him after level 6 so you can go TP to match the TP he will likely take, or you can go Ignite and force an early kill. The only thing Zilean really does is double bomb the wave/you and Ult himself if hes going to die. The double bomb itself is pretty easy to dodge unless he slows you, but If he gets in range for that hes close enough to stun and combo.”
Chromuro says “He won't pose a threat in lane, but you need to kill him pre-6 or you can forget to have some free gold. After six the other lanes will be your new homes and go mid only to push the wave back.”
SeeEl says “Take cleanse. His slow is a literal point an click. If you remember that and don't die to ganks, dodging/outspacing his q's with your superior range/trading pattern should be easy. The actual 1v1 is easy and this should also be played with a slowpush like every other matchup (well, 90% of matchups) level 1. He can only match your range by max ranging his bomb which is easily dodgeable, unlike your ball which should be positioned near his casters.”
I Do Not Flame says “Not so hard match up, but his ult is sooooooo good. So try to win lane (1 or 2 kills are enought to let him behind) before he reach 6
The problem with him is that ult, that counter your pasive :(”
KadiusFTW says “Zilean is one of the champions you want to avoid fighting outside of turret, because he slows so consistently. Farming against him is relatively easy, you have to push him off of his CS early game though to make sure its hard for him to come back late game.”
Vispectra says “Terrible champion that needs and update. Not only is he horrible to look at but he's annoying as heck with his outdated abilities. His bombs will go through your Q and honestly they just hit like a truck. I don't know what he packs in those timebombs but you'll feel a kick in the balls everytime they blow up on you. He can speed himself and revive which make him so hard to kill , honestly i'd say he's too hard to kill unless you have 40% CDR level 16 R”
Pumparum says “Zilean will push the lane for you and doesn't have the damage needed to kill you outright. You can farm fairly freely. Watch his manapool early as it may be a free kill for you if he doesn't have enough to stun or ult, since you cannot be slowed in Snowball.”
maplecat21 says “His easy setup for ganks is powerful, but aside from that he shouldn't be able to beat you. If you dodge the stun then you can kill him/take out his ult. Trying to kill him through r will run you out of mana, though.”
RagexAddict says “Zilean will try to make your laning phase tough. He is a tough champion to all in against, as he can reduce your speed dramatically, stun you with double bombs and revive himself at level 6. Your best bet in this matchup is to all in him early if possible or to bait out his ultimate by skirmishing him a few times while holding your ultimate.”
LyndonK9 says “Zilean is pretty difficult because he has a lot of wave clear and harrass. Try to kill him before 6 by poking him with Q and dodging his Q. After 6 hes basically unkillable. With his ult, barrier if he has, and is building catalyst don't even bother. After 6 do your best to wave clear and roam to other lanes. Otherwise, you can let him push in and try and call your jungler for ganks.”
RainbowNova says “Zilean is your biggest threat. If he manages to hit his E on you, you're done for. -99% movement speed is an insane amount, and is one of the few abilities that can easily ruin your goal of being the fastest Aspect of them all.”
thedonk says “Really easy laning phase before 6, the only source of damage he has is his Q's, so avoid those. Once he has 6, try to bait his R. For example, You are going to one-shot him with Q+R+W, you should do Q+R, wait for him to use his ult, then W him once it is gone.”
TruMediaMix1 says “It normally isn't hard to dodge his attacks using Bladesurge. If any of his clocks DO land on you, you can easily mitigate the damage using Defiant Dance.”
Sozzoh says “This matchup is a joke. The only thing that you'll want to be careful of is his second Q landing on you, which will stun you for a maximum of 1.5 seconds. His Q's are somewhat easy to dodge, but if he keeps landing them, I would suggest getting boots on your first back if you feel the need. Other than that, you'll be able to destroy Zilean as he has no mobility other than his E (bonus movement speed). Post-6, you may not be able to kill him as easily. In teamfights, try and bait out his ult. Zilean is more of a support champion, but if they go full AP Zilean, then he will actually start to hurt. Be careful of that.”
Katapullt says “He can completely deny you in fights by his R. When laning against him dodge his bombs with your W. When he uses his slow on you jump away with your E”
Disgu1se says “Mid Lane Zilean DESTORYS any type of ivern he cant handle that Zilean damage with the combo and even if Ivern kills him Zilean has His R to Escape any Type of Ivern”
asffg123 says “His ultimate is very strong, and the damage/cc from his bombs are not a joke. Play safe - you are likely to have an equal laning phase.”
Smol Jelly says “Zilean's got the same reset potential as Anivia with his ult, but you have greater range than he does. He can be annoying, but he's still not super difficult, since he only has one major damage skill for you to watch out for. It hurts, but it's avoidable.”
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