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Nilah
Nilah
67%
33%

vs

50.0%
Zilean
Zilean
20%
80%
Heavy CCCountered by spell shieldHeavy AP damage

You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Zilean

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Hubris
1vs Tank
Bastionbreaker
2vs Tank
Serpent's Fang
3vs Tank

Standard

Gluttonous Greaves
4
The Collector
5vs Tank

Summoner spells

421100%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Death's Dance
5vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Anti Tank

The Collector
5vs Tank
Lord Dominik's Regards
vs Tank

DPS

Infinity Edge
DPS
Immortal Shieldbow
DPS
Bloodthirster
DPS
0.0% WR1 games
DominationDomination
ElectrocuteElectrocute
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Grisly MementosGrisly Mementos
Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunter
InspirationInspiration
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedTenacity

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
NilahNilah
ZileanZilean
Aggressive
Careful
Careful

Zilean's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Time In A Bottle (P)

Zilean stores time as Experience and can grant it to his allies. When he has enough Experience to finish an ally's level up, he can right-click them to impart it. Zilean receives as much Experience as he gives.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
310s14s15s–
69s14s15s2m
98s12s15s2m
118s10s15s1m30
168s6s15s1m
188s6s15s1m

Playing against Zilean

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Track his R (revive): it has a long cooldown (120-60s). Engage when it's on CD.

2

If an enemy has Zilean's R (golden aura), don't burst that target — focus someone else and come back after.

3

Double bombs are his only CC: if he misses, he has nothing impactful left.

4

Focus Zilean first in fights to prevent him from R'ing his carry.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026