the Chronokeeper

Zilean

DifficultyMedium

Role

SupportMage

Lane

Support

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Latest Meta Stats

Stats: League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official stats (Master and above), as of 2026-09-02

Support

Win Rate49.6%

Pick Rate1.1%#33

Ban Rate1.4%

Popular Zilean builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-26. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1Win rate 54.85%Picks 1,729

Heal-and-shield enchanter built around one ally

Spectral Sickle
Harmonic Echo
Ardent Censer
Crimson Lucidity
Staff of Flowing Waters
Knight's Vow

For matches where one auto-attacking ally carry is yours to keep alive

Ardent Censer rewards heals and shields placed on another allied champion, rather than on the caster: for six seconds that ally gains 15%-34% Attack Speed and 16-22 bonus magic damage on their attacks. At 100 stacks of Harmony, Harmonic Echo adds (100-160 by level + 15% AP) HP to the next heal or shield cast on an ally. Knight's Vow redirects 12% of the damage taken by the Worthy ally designated on purchase, as long as that ally stays nearby. Across the set that comes to +75 Ability Haste, +15% Heal and Shield Power and +850 Max Health.

The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

Ult

Prioritize Skill 1, your main offensive skill, then level the skill that speeds up your allies.

Zilean Skills

Passive

Time in a Bottle

Stores time as Experience at a rate of 20 XP per 5 second(s). Zilean can grant this Experience to the nearest allied champion when he has enough to complete their next level up by tapping the minion button. Doing so gives Zilean the same amount of Experience. Experience can only be imparted to allies who can level up.
If Zilean takes damage or is crowd controlled while imparting Experience, the process will be interrupted.

Cooldown: 90 second(s)

Skill 1

Time Bomb

⏳ 0.1s

Tosses a Time Bomb to a target location. The bomb sticks to the first unit which comes within a small area around it. After 3 second(s), it detonates, dealing 60 magic damage (60 + 75%AP) to the target and nearby enemies.
The bomb prioritizes champions and units that are already carrying a bomb.

Early detonation: Placing a second bomb on the same target detonates the first bomb, stunning enemies in the blast for 1.2 second(s).

Charge: Stores up to 2 charge(s).

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cost	60	65	70	75
Base Damage	60	125	190	255
Stun Duration	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5
Charge Time	13.5	12.5	11.5	10.5

Skill 2

Twisted Timeflow

⏳ 14.5s

Makes time flow faster for himself, applying Fleeting Time to himself and gaining a shield that absorbs 45 damage (45 + 45%AP). Zilean also grants Fleeting Time and an identical shield to the nearest allied champion for 3 second(s).

Fleeting Time: Increases projectile speed by 60% and grants 25% Movement Speed (25 + 6%AP).

While Zilean's Fleeting Time is active, his Basic Ability Haste is increased by 80%.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	14.5	13.5	12.5	11.5
Shield	45	70	95	120
MS	25	35	45	55

Skill 3

Temporal Mirage

⏳ 25s

Creates a time-bending force field for 2.5 second(s). While within the force field, enemy champions are slowed by 20% (20 + 5%AP) and projectiles by 80%.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Slow	20	25	30	35

Ult

Chronoshift

⏳ 110s

Places a protective time rune that lasts 5 second(s) on himself or an allied champion. If the rune bearer takes lethal damage during this time, they teleport back in time and become untargetable for 3 second(s) before they are revived and healed for 600 HP (600 + 200%AP).
If the rune bearer does not trigger the rune's revival effect, 10% of Chronoshift's cooldown will be refunded.

While being revived, the target becomes untargetable and invulnerable but cannot take any actions.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3
Cooldown	110	95	80
Cost	125	150	175
Heal	600	850	1,100

Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.2, as of 2026-08-25)

The site's latest patch is 7.2d, but these figures come from 7.2. The 8 champions adjusted since then — Yone, Jinx, Leona, Rumble, Nasus, Ryze, Jayce, Nidalee — no longer match the live game.

Official ratings

Damage2/3

Survivability1/3

Utility3/3

Difficulty2/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

Level1

Health630LV15 2310

Mana460LV15 1160

Attack Damage54LV15 96

Armor45LV15 105.2

Magic Resist28LV15 44.8

Movement Speed360

Compare with every champion Open the damage calculator at LV1

Critical damage is 175% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Zilean Strengths

✓Reviving an ally carry with Ult
✓Movement speed buffs and strong slows that shape fights
✓AoE stun from the double-bomb combo

Zilean Weaknesses

×Skill 1 (bomb) is the only damage source, so damage is inconsistent
×Heavy mana costs early on
×Depends on allies to carry; not a solo carry

Early Game

Poke with Skill 1 Time Bombs over the enemy minions and give your ADC a calm lane to farm. The double-bomb stun combo in particular is the key to taking control of the early lane.

Mid Game

Use the movement speed from Skill 2 to roam with your jungler. Catch enemies with your slows and speed-ups. In small fights, put Ult on the focused ally carry without hesitation and win the forced fight.

Late Game

Late in the game, stay with your hypercarry and keep them buffed and protected. When an enemy assassin commits everything to dive, the Ult revive turns that effort into nothing.

Teamfights

From the back, speed up your carries and support their kiting. Throw bombs into the enemy formation for AoE stuns to break it up. Who gets Ult decides the fight, so keep your eyes on the whole battle.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Holding Ult (Chronoshift) too long and failing the revive

Zilean's Ult revives an ally, but a common mistake is underestimating enemy burst and holding it until the ally is already dead. The revive effect lasts several seconds, so it is safer to cast it the moment an enemy assassin starts their burst, even if it feels early. From level 5, keep watching your carry's health bar and the enemy's movements.

Zilean Combos

Double Bomb

Attach a bomb with Skill 1, speed up with Skill 2, then stack a second bomb to stun.

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Champions Zilean struggles against (reader votes)

↑ loses the matchup / ↓ not really

Blitzcrank

Pyke

Zilean Patch History

ZileanPatch 7.2b

Nerf

Time Bomb Base damage: 70/140/210/280 → 60/125/190/255 Chronoshift Cooldown: 100/85/70s → 110/95/80s Time Bomb loses base damage at every rank, slowing Zilean's wave clear and his lane poke. Chronoshift is 10 seconds longer across the board, which raises the cost of spending the revive at the wrong moment. Against a team that forces fights back to back the second one often will not be up, so deciding when and on whom to use it carries much more weight.

ZileanPatch 7.0a

Nerf

Chronoshift Cooldown: 90/80/70s → 100/85/70s Cooldown reduction when the rune's revive effect does not trigger: 15% → 10% Chronoshift gains 10s of cooldown at rank 1 and 5s at rank 2, with rank 3 unchanged at 70s. Through the mid game, where fights come one after another, Zilean gets fewer guaranteed saves, so choosing who to spend it on carries more weight. The refund when the revive does not fire drops from 15% to 10% as well, which raises the cost of casting it speculatively as insurance.