# Zilean Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Zilean: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/zilean · Patch: 26.22 · Support

## Zilean — the Chronokeeper

- Tier: A (#23 of 102 in Support)
- Win rate: 51.0%
- Pick: 2.7%
- Ban: 1.9%
- Games: 11,235

## Runes

- **Sorcery**: Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking
- **Domination**: Cheap Shot, Relentless Hunter
- Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Heal

## Items

- Starting items: Health Potion, Health Potion
- **Utility** (Win rate: 53.7% · Games: 2,870): Shurelya's Battlesong → Imperial Mandate → Bandlepipes → (Cosmic Drive / Locket of the Iron Solari) → (Redemption / Rabadon's Deathcap / Bandlepipes)
- **Tank** (Win rate: 57.0% · Games: 981): Shurelya's Battlesong → Bandlepipes → Locket of the Iron Solari → (Cosmic Drive / Locket of the Iron Solari) → (Redemption / Rabadon's Deathcap / Bandlepipes)
- Boots: Ionian Boots of Lucidity

## Skill order

Q > E > W

## Struggles against

- Gragas: -13.6 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Heimerdinger: -10.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Nidalee: -10.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Sion: -8.3 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Poppy: -5.0 pp win rate difference (60 games)

## Strong against

- Ezreal: +22.7 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Mel: +16.7 pp win rate difference (18 games)
- Ashe: +13.6 pp win rate difference (33 games)
- Skarner: +11.1 pp win rate difference (18 games)
- Anivia: +10.6 pp win rate difference (33 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

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