Zilean historical 3.15.5 portrait

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Zilean League Classic historical guide

FILE ZILEAN · PATCH 3.15.5

Zilean · Zilean — the Chronokeeper

Zilean is included in Riot's official 60-champion League Classic roster. This guide preserves Riot 3.15.5 history and does not claim launch-verified values, performance data or an optimal build.

SupportMidSupport

Evidence status: Historical reference
Source era: Riot Data Dragon 3.15.5
Region: global historical snapshot
Last verified: 2026-07-16

Historical Classic reference. Current launch-version build verification is still pending.

Service statusLeague Classic is live globally and in mainland China

Entity dataHistorical reference; launch values verified per entity

Build statusHistorical Classic only; launch build verification in progress

Source era / patch: 3.15.5
Position: Support
Region: global historical snapshot
Last verified: 2026-07-16

Summoner Spells

Exhaust
Flash

Rune page direction

Greater Glyph of Armor
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist
Greater Mark of Armor
Greater Mark of Armor Penetration
Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration

Open rune library →

Mastery distribution

Offense 1 · Utility 7

Sorcery
Summoner's Insight
Greed
Scavenger
Wealth
Inspiration

Open mastery trees →

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Warding Totem (Trinket)

First recall

Sorcerer's Shoes
Tear of the Goddess

Core direction

Sorcerer's Shoes
Tear of the Goddess
Rod of Ages

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Situational branches

Rabadon's Deathcap
Archangel's Staff
Void Staff
Athene's Unholy Grail
Abyssal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass

Skill priority

Not recorded — verify in the launch client

Quick Answer

Zilean historical snapshot

Zilean's historical kit combines Heightened Learning, Time Bomb, Rewind, Time Warp, Chronoshift. Read the spell summaries together with the historical item direction and the explicit launch-verification limits.

Roster evidence boundary

Riot's official Classic Champions page confirms Zilean in the 60-champion roster. The kit, values and build shown here remain version-labelled historical references, not automatically launch-verified data.

Historical kit

Zilean abilities

Summaries and displayed values come from the labelled historical snapshot. Observed and launch-verified fields remain empty until direct client evidence exists.

P

Heightened Learning

Historical function: Increases experience gain of all allied champions by 8%.

Historical 3.15.5; launch values pending.

Q

Time Bomb

Historical function: Places a bomb on any unit, allied or enemy, which detonates after 4 seconds, dealing area of effect damage.

Cooldown: 10
Cost: 70/85/100/115/130
Range: 700

Historical 3.15.5; launch values pending.

W

Rewind

Historical function: Zilean can prepare himself for future confrontations, reducing the cooldowns of all of his other abilities.

Cooldown: 18/15/12/9/6
Cost: 50
Range: self

Historical 3.15.5; launch values pending.

E

Time Warp

Historical function: Zilean bends time around any unit, decreasing an enemy's Movement Speed or increasing an ally's Movement Speed for a short time.

Cooldown: 20
Cost: 80
Range: 700

Historical 3.15.5; launch values pending.

R

Chronoshift

Historical function: Zilean places a protective time rune on an allied champion, teleporting the champion back in time if they take lethal damage.

Cooldown: 180
Cost: 125/150/175
Range: 900

Historical 3.15.5; launch values pending.

Historical versus modern

Ability names differ between historical 3.15.5 and modern 16.14.1 (Heightened Learning); values and mechanics still require Classic launch-client verification.

Zilean, the Chronokeeper, is documented here from Riot's 3.15.5 historical snapshot. The Support / Mid labels are an editorial navigation taxonomy, not launch-patch usage statistics.

Three-layer build system

Zilean build evidence

Only layers with qualifying evidence are shown. Creator-tested and launch-verified layers are absent until their evidence gates pass.

Riot's 3.15.5 Summoner's Rift recommendation for Zilean, preserved as a historical reading aid rather than a launch-patch best build.

Source era: 3.15.5
Position: Support
Region: global historical snapshot
Sample: No match sample

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Warding Totem (Trinket)

Early purchases

Sorcerer's Shoes
Tear of the Goddess

Core direction

Sorcerer's Shoes
Tear of the Goddess
Rod of Ages

Situational options

Rabadon's Deathcap
Archangel's Staff
Void Staff
Athene's Unholy Grail
Abyssal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass

Playstyle reading

Use Time Bomb, Rewind, Time Warp, Chronoshift as the historical kit reference, then verify live cooldowns, costs and ratios before applying this item direction.

Limitation

Historical reference only. No launch-client skill order, rune page, mastery page, matchup or performance claim has been verified.

Setup direction

Zilean runes and masteries direction

A historical support framework focused on vision, income constraints, aura utility and team-facing actives.

Use it to identify why classic support inventories differ from farming roles.

Entity-specific checks

Frequently Asked Questions

01Is Zilean in Riot's official League Classic roster?

Yes. Riot's official Classic Champions page lists Zilean in the 60-champion roster. That confirms identity only; the skills, values, roles and builds on this page remain version-labelled historical references.

02Are Zilean's ability values launch verified?

No. The displayed historical references come from Riot Data Dragon 3.15.5; observed and launch-verified value fields remain null.

03Is this the best Zilean Classic build?

No. It is a Riot-authored historical item direction with no win-rate, Tier or launch-match sample claim.

04Which historical patch is this Zilean guide based on?

The page preserves Riot Data Dragon 3.15.5 historical references. Launch-client values are verified separately and are never inferred from this historical snapshot.

05Where can I verify Zilean against official sources?

Use Riot's official League Classic Champions page and the live game client. This wiki keeps official roster facts separate from version-labelled historical data.

Source Ledger

Sources, versions and evidence limits

Every historical record keeps its source era. League Wiki is identified as a structural or historical-data reference, never as Riot official.

Source	Source Type	Version	Region	Verified Date	Used For	Evidence Status
League Classic Champions	`RIOT_CLASSIC_OFFICIAL`	2026 live roster	Global English	2026-07-30	official 60-champion roster identity, champion-directory identity checks	OFFICIALLY_CONFIRMED
League of Legends Classic	`RIOT_CLASSIC_OFFICIAL`	2026 live launch page	Global English	2026-07-30	official product identity, global live-service status, free-to-play statement, main-client launch action, 60-champion scope, returning systems, official playstyle mentions	OFFICIALLY_CONFIRMED
/dev: League of Legends Classic	`RIOT_CLASSIC_OFFICIAL`	2026-07-15 article	Global English	2026-07-16	OG 40 plus 20 composition, Tier 3 runes, mastery-system scope, official playstyle mentions	OFFICIALLY_CONFIRMED
League Wiki — League Classic	`WIKI_REFERENCE_ONLY`	Observed 2026-07-16; page edited 2026-07-15	Community-maintained global reference	2026-07-16	60-name roster observation, 141-item observation, 15-spell observation, information architecture	COMMUNITY_DATAMINED
Riot Data Dragon 3.15.5	`RIOT_HISTORICAL_DDRAGON`	3.15.5	Historical static-data snapshot; not region-equivalent launch evidence	2026-07-16	champion identities, historical kits, historical recommended item sets, items, Tier 3 runes, masteries, summoner spells, historical assets	HISTORICAL_REFERENCE