Imperial Mandate Zilean Build

Imperial Mandate Zilean Build.

Imperial Mandate Zilean build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Zilean guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Zilean build in League of Legends Patch 25.08!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Zilean ability Time Bomb should be leveled first.
Q
Zilean ability Rewind should be leveled second.
W
Zilean ability Time Warp should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Morellonomicon should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Glacial Augment from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Zilean Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate.
  2. And also all about slows.
  3. You support through disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.

How to play

General

  1. Your core items - Imperial Mandate and optionally Rylai's Crystal Scepter for even more slows (and consistency).
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augument that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.
  3. Since LoL Patch 14.1 Imperial Mandate is changed. Now you need your team to proc it to deal any damage. So you need to play a little bit differently. Do not spam mindlessly. Try coordinating it with your team - when they are about to poke or when they go in.
  4. Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer or Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  5. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. You can use Time Bomb (Q) to scout bushes.
  2. You can use Time Bomb (Q) also to zone enemies. Even if you not playing AP build, enemies will still avoid your bombs on the ground.
  3. Use your Time In A Bottle (Passive) on champions that benefits the most from higher level. For example
    • They carry.
    • They have some crucial cooldown or unlocks ability or generally speaking they get something with higher level.
  4. Chronoshift (R) is very powerful cooldown. You can use it strategically for various scenarios:
    • Enemy team focusing your carry and he is getting very low? R your teammate to resurrect him.
    • You can also use R for deterrence. If you R someone (even at high hp) enemies will be less likely to focus him.

Riot

  1. You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
  2. Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
  3. Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.

Skill Order

  • Zilean [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Time Bomb
  • Zilean [object Object] ability.
    W
    Rewind
  • Zilean [object Object] ability.
    E
    Time Warp
  • Zilean [object Object] ability.
    R
    Chronoshift

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Imperial Mandate item.
Optional rush #2
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Ardent Censer item.
Redemption item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Good tank items
Warmog's Armor item.
Knight's Vow item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Frozen Heart item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Thornmail item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Situational dmg items
Cryptbloom item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Rod of Ages item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Morellonomicon item.
Spirit Visage item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.