Why is zilean good

Top Blitzcrank is good for initiating and can be a good tank. Thank You! His Q can easily be a death sentence even at low levels. If you go all in in a fight on bot the enemy will most probably lose that fight.

Luckily, unlike most other champs with a pull, his barely moves you towards him and instead will pull him to you. The safest way to damage him with two bombs is to quickly double bomb a minion that is in the vicinity, assuming that one bomb is sufficient to kill the minion. This would result in the AoE damage to be that of two bombs, since placing one bomb over another detonates the first and since the target dies, the second immediately detonates.

Respect his damage in lane and you will outscale. You must dodge her root. Lux has high damage for a support, but is low health herself. If you can dodge her q, you'll be fine. Annoying because of his poke, but after laning phase you are much more useful.

Luckily, he isn't too common as support anymore. Not worth a ban. She's not too bad to deal with, given you can dodge her bubble. If you can do that, this will be easy. If you get ahead, slow her into double bomb and you'll get a kill every time.

Take gathering storm since she heals the poke from scorch. Pretty similar to any other poke mage. Laning might be rough, but mid-late game you are stronger.

Watch for her level 6 because her ultimate stuns and you cannot ult yourself while you're stunned! He is surprisingly squishy, and if you manage to stun him in a teamfight, he goes down fast. In lane, it is imperative that you dodge his knockup.

After he uses it though, feel free to punish him. Since his range is very low yes he is a ranged champion you can generally auto attack him in early levels, especially level 1. Tahm is an immobile melee champ that lacks engage. This is one of the easiest lanes you will ever get. Poke him hard, and it's easy because his character model is so big. Poke mages are hard in laning phase, but mid-late game Zilean is much more useful.

If she is fed, getting htit by her root usually means death. Dodge her root by walking to the left or right of it because it travels far in a line. She has no sustain, so each bomb hurts her! Plus, she has no escapes so if you are receiving a gank, slow her down and she's doomed. Janna doesn't deal much damage and she has no innate sustain.

However, she does have a decent amount of cc. Just dodge her tornadoes with your speed. Also, she will generally walk up to W you in lane.

Stay back until you can trade back with her using a bomb or two. I would take gathering storm because this is going to be a slow lane my friend. Super easy to beat. Draven's can't resist catching thier axes so just double bomb where his axes land!! You may want to slow him down before you double bomb him because he can move fast with his w bloodrush.

Xerath support will make your lane Hell. You constantly have to dodge his abilities or else he will force you out of lane and get a lead off of that.

You are much more useful late in the game as a support. The tough part is getting there. I will be working on a fully in depth match-up section below. Sivir is very difficult to deal with because of one reason - her spell shield.

If you miss a bomb, she will pick it up on purpose with a spell shield and give her mana back. In order to beat her, you need to bait her spell shield and engage after she uses it. Slow her to make her panic use shield and then I go in after it wears off. Luckily, Sivir is not played often. I'm going to use Darius to represent all bruisers here. The problem with these bruisers is that they get kited too hard but Zilean solves ALL their problems!

You should stun and slow down your enemies and you will be able to dominate lane past level 2. Zilean's level 1 is pretty bad so don't do anything crazy unless your opponents mess up. This strategy works even better if you due queue with your bruiser. There's honestly not anything special with Ezreal and Zilean. Ezreal isn't a hyper carry and just doesn't have the damage as other ADC's do. On the bright side, you will have a lot of poke and can play pretty safe, but you probably won't crush lane with an Ezreal.

Ashe is good because her built in slows allow you to hit double bombs without having to use your own slow. Ashe is immobile by herself, but your speed ups should fix that issue. Stun into trap or vice versa! You can help each other lane critical abilities and deal lots of damage in the mean time.

This is a strong combo. Similar to cait, because when you stun the enemies Varus can ult them or vice versa. MOBA Champion.

Close sidebar. Champion Guides. Beginner Guides. Pros for Zilean. Cons for Zilean. Zilean Passive Skill - Time in a Bottle. Q - Time Bomb. W - Rewind. E - Time Warp. Zilean Ult - Chronoshift. His Time Bomb Q will zone you, and will stun the target if two land on them. Also, his speed boost allows him or his carry to more easily dodge your hooks. These are inconveniences, but make sure if you all in to not kill whoever he ults. Keep them locked in CC until his ult has expired, then secure the kill.

If you can avoid allowing him to get off his combo, it should be easier, but even if he gets 1 bomb on you, that is going to hurt.

First of he has decent poke with his bomb and if he lands 2 bombs in succession on you there is also his stun. This can very easily get you poked out of lane. Another thing that's hard about the match-up against Zilean is his ability to speed up himself or his AD carry, enabling both to easily dodge your hooks. The last thing about Zilean is the most obvious, his ultimate, which can deny you from getting a quick kill very easy.

In this match-up it is best to start of your engage with flay, as this will make your hook more likely to land. If Zilean uses his ultimate, try to hold of on landing the finishing blow until it wears of. Tricky to pull off. Zileans bombs are insanely frustrating in lane, as he will force you to use all of your mana on healing and shielding your ADC from those goddamned bombs. When fighting Zilean you should avoid getting hit by two of his bombs in a row, as it will stun you and deal a lot of damage.

Zileans ult is way better than Taric's in lane because it can revive and has no casting time. Zilean will make time in lane pass veeeery slowly Keep mobile to make it hard on him to land bombs, and keep clear of any minions that have bombs stuck on them, but other than that you have the advantage in pretty much every way in a 1v1. If he can land bombs consistently, he's gonna feel oppressive, but ALL of his damage demands he land those bombs, so make that hard for him to do, and you're aces.

He can stun you if you try to approach him and poke you at the same time. And if you land the best hook of your life, his ally will revive every 30sec at lategame. Goodluck friend. Target him when his abilities are down. Zilean will punish you whenever you try to farm with great ease. Don't let him land too many bombs or you or he will stun you. His ADC basically gets a second life and he can speed them away from trouble if you manage to get off a combo. Do not pick Pantheon onto this nightmare of a support unless you want to get zero farm and zoned out of lane very fast.

Thank god he's one of the rarest supports to deal with. Rush mercury's treads. If you do have to go ADC against a Zilean, buy boots of speed and be very fast and go hard so he can't respond to your damage. If you're fast enough, you can stun him long enough so that he cannot use his ultimate before he dies. He's weak before he gets his ultimate, pressure him and his ADC equally so he doesn't know who to use his ultimate on.

Avoid standing near the center of where the bombs land or walking into the center of bombs. You can bait out the R and disengage until it expires before finishing off the opponent. I hate Zilean due to his ultimate preventing you from getting the one-shot you so desperately want with Nautilus. However, you should have more sustain than him with your heals. Nami - Wash them away. But be careful and try only to force fights when it's obvious you're going to win them because he's got more sustain with his ult that you do.

He can slow you but you can silence him so he won't be able to cast his ultimate. You got more sustain just beware of his bombs.

Mobility boots will help you with him as well. Snowy Soraka - be the backline savior. Keep your distance and bait the bombs. When they pass all in him. Bait his Q and you'll be fine. In teamfights, focus him in order to "waste" his ult on himself. After lv. Sion Support ["I! Build by Spider Shaped Ahri Player.

Pyke by Mczrks Pyke Player. If you can manage to dodge his combo you will be okay, but even one bomb will hurt. Try to put a lot of pressure before level 6. You need to have a giant lead over zilean, otherwise you'll lose bot fights over his R just being super clutch versus brand's timed damage. Brand by brandbrandbrandbrandbrand Brand Player.

Double bomb, you die. Ult, counters everything you'll do. But you can kill him, just play well. I would always go Comet against him just because you usually can't get close enough to him in the first place unless you are allin-ing. Malphite Support : by Crippledtoot Malphite Player.

His ult can cancel out your ult. He can speed himself or teammates through your slow wall. Don't waste your ult on his ult. His bombs do a lot of damage if he goes for a Seraph's Embrace into AP build. As with all AP supports, he can very well build Morellonomicon against you — keep the Grievous Wounds effect in mind when you heal your allies, otherwise your healing will be significantly cut short.

Silence the resurrecting target roughly a second before they respawn so they get rooted right away. If you hit your E he dies pretty quick tough. A skillmatchup I would say. Taric support by Guffel Taric Player. He is squishy so if you snare him you should be able to do a lot of damage to him.

Kale Them, Kale Them All! Avoid getting hit by his Q W Q combo. His R is a free GA. But he will make you suffer. Besides all these hazards, without his Q he deals 0 damage. Just keep aware of attacks. There's some wild winds! Easy farm lane. If you do get bombed, hop onto your ADC with Aery to shield most of the damage. Use Q when he attempts to speed up towards you if you're sure the jungler isn't near. Support Cho'Gath - AP be damned. When he ults, back off. He also have 2 lives.

Can be a nuisance but shouldn't pose a massive threat. To hurt Zilean is anytime you have a bomb placed on you, go next to your allied minions. It'll also push out your lane, which makes ganks easier to get. That said, he's rather good against you later on, since Time Warp counteracts Wither and Chronoshift is always a problem.

AP Glacial Augment Support. If he ults someone you can use your ult to try and waste it. Be careful of his ultimate and CC. Play for objectives. He knows this match up WAY more than you do. Play cautious and pay attention to his cooldowns. Bait his ult, or re-engage when it's on cooldown. Return of LeBlanc Support Focus the other target until the ult mark of his ult is gone. Never kill an ulted target! Be sure to get a lead in lane or else game is absolutely doomed. Be sure to abuse him level one and two.

Ask for jungler attention before 6. Wall for Elo by suppdiff Anivia Player. Just play safe. Urf Kench - Complete Support Guide [9. This single ability flounders any offensive play you try to make while he's around. On top of that he can both speed and slow targets at will, meaning less of his teammates getting hooked and a harder time to escape for you. Take advantage of him pre-six as he can still die easily if caught, but don't over commit past that point.

Are You Afraid? Good news is he runs out of mana super-quick. Dive us you dirty apes, I dare you! He is easy to deal with. What I do know is that he's going to be chucking lots of bombs at you, and while they don't do that much damage to you they may make life hard for your ADC while they're farming.

Do your best to zone him off or at least have his attention focused onto you so you can take the hits. Though he does have a range advantage on you, he's extremely squishy early on and a good pillar by you plus a reactive teammate could get him to burn his flash or better yet end up as a kill for you or your ADC. Trundle by Ahpulzz Diamond Trundle Player.

You should out trade him on all ins but the cc and ult is a problem. Carrying as a support - Brand by Aethlo Brand Player. Don't get stuned, stay safe and try to kill him ASAP! Same thing with his E.

Janna ideal build by willrobo Janna Player. But his low health play at your favor. Play defensively against him. He got a LOT of range, and is not easy to catch, due to speed up. Armor up MR a little, and you will have a chance. Easy to burst, just care with his ult. Try to keep your ADC alive to kill him or catch him with your ultimate. Charm your enemy! He has no sustain, and you tend to win trades if they don't go catastrophically for you. She can slip past his Qs, but he can also prevent her from doing much else.

A strange match-up. The Best Nami Build by far. His E slowwill prevent you to get close to get your ult damage output and his ulti will prevent you to kill the enemy, making you waste your win condition to burst out enemies.

Extreme matchup late-game, but pre-6 is medium. Ask for ganks then. If he hit you with bombs stay close to allied minions that are about to die. Good waveclear, good roaming, and he support his ADC well. Not much you can do specifically, it's more of needing a teamcomp who can deal with him.