Seraphine vs Zilean

Seraphine
vs
Not enough games
Zilean
Heavy AP damageHeavy CCHeavy pokeCountered by spell shield

Build vs Zilean

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Seraphine: Tear of the Goddess, Blackfire Torch, Seraph's Embrace, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Imperial Mandate, Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap.

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Tear of the Goddess
1
Blackfire Torch
2
Seraph's Embrace
3

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
5

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Imperial Mandate
Zhonya's Hourglass
Rabadon's Deathcap
Cryptbloom
Morellonomicon

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

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 as Seraphine

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Double your Surround Sound

    Make Surround Sound (W) your third basic spell: Stage Presence (passive) casts it twice, and the second, cast while shielded, heals your allies.

  2. Beat Drop on a slowed target

    Cast Beat Drop (E) on enemies that are already slowed: they're rooted, and those already immobilized are stunned.

  3. Finish with High Note

    Save High Note (Q) for a wounded target: its damage grows with the health they've lost.

  4. Send Encore through an ally

    Cast Encore (R) through an ally toward the enemies: each champion hit, allies included, extends the spell's range.

Playing against Zilean

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Move away from the bomb

    Spread out from your allies when Time Bomb (Q) is stuck on you or one of them: a second bomb makes it explode instantly and stuns every enemy around.

  2. Focus Zilean as a team

    In teamfights, focus Zilean with your team: he's fragile under pressure, and without him, there's no Chronoshift (R) to save his carry.

  3. Switch targets under his rune

    If an enemy has the Chronoshift (R) rune, hit someone else or wait for the effect to end: if they die with the rune, they come back to life.

  4. Force fights without his ult

    Force an objective or a fight when Chronoshift (R) is on cooldown: without it, he revives no one, and it takes 120 to 60 seconds to come back.

Patch 16.21.1