Zilean/Trivia

General

 * With, Zilean is one of the three champions in the game to have a single damaging ability, the others being , and.
 * Zilean's is the only ability in game that doesn't scale linearly, meaning that the damage increase each rank is potentially different than the previous one.
 * After the base damage of 75 at rank 1, rank 2 adds 40 damage, rank 3 adds 50 damage, rank 4 adds 65 damage, and rank 5 adds 70 damage.
 * Zilean's back story is similar to the book  by Kurt Vonnegut, Junior.
 * The main character, Billy Pilgrim, discovers that he randomly jumps between different moments of his life, but is unable to change anything that has happened. He relives his life at random intervals from birth to death for all eternity.
 * When Zilean is in a match where an enemy is present, he gets a buff called.
 * This icon reads: "In my day, we would never have allowed an armored bear into the League of Legends."
 * Volibear also gains an icon when Zilean is in the opposing team. Allied Volibear is unaffected.
 * Additionally, if the enemy Volibear kills Zilean, he will remark "I have a special claw for you, Zilean" or "Your time has come, Chronokeeper."
 * This references Tom 'Zileas' Cadwell being against the possibility of Armored Bears on the forums.
 * The name of Zilean's new passive,, is a reference to the song  by.
 * can cause a gamebreaking bug: if with  dies, his passive would trigger immediately and then, once again after 4 seconds, dealing up to 1100 overall AoE true damage at level 18.
 * Zilean is the first champion to have a non-ultimate ability which can not be ranked up at level 1. The ability is, since Rewind can only be used to reduce other abilities' cooldowns, making the spell useless if ranked at level 1.
 * The second champion to have this trait is, with his and.
 * Zilean was the first champion to be released after initial release.

Development

 * Zilean was designed by Colt 'Ezreal' Hallam.
 * Zilean is named after Tom 'Zileas' Cadwell, the Design Director for Riot Games.
 * Zilean's concept may be inspired by the fictional personification of time,, who is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, dressed in a robe, carrying an hourglass or some other timekeeping device.

Quotes

 * Zilean's joke is a reference to a.
 * Zilean's taunt "I've seen your death, it was painful...". is similar to 's, "I've seen your future - and it's got broken bones."

Skins

 * Chinese Classic Zilean's splash art is used as the installation background when installing the game and as the background when players abandon a match.
 * Chinese Classic Zilean's splash art is used as the installation background when installing the game and as the background when players abandon a match.


 * Old Saint Zilean is a reference to, who is sometimes referred to as "Old Saint Nick".
 * A cuckoo clock with can be seen on the art.
 * A cuckoo clock with can be seen on the art.


 * It is a reference to the subculture, a movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s.
 * It is based on the idea "Flowerkeeper" created by DarkeTiger and Empio.
 * It is based on the idea "Flowerkeeper" created by DarkeTiger and Empio.


 * It is a reference to the Jinn. On his back is an sundial.
 * It is a reference to the Jinn. On his back is an sundial.


 * It is a reference to science-fiction novella, .
 * On 28 December 2013, two of Zilean's skins were on sale. Time Machine Zilean was a legacy skin that was available and on sale, and Groovy Zilean was part of the normal champion/skin sales.
 * On 28 December 2013, two of Zilean's skins were on sale. Time Machine Zilean was a legacy skin that was available and on sale, and Groovy Zilean was part of the normal champion/skin sales.


 * When he recalls, he uses a, a traditional instrument that originated in , which later spread throughout and.
 * The mask he is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Kabuki theater.
 * His mask looks fairly similar to the Daikijin masks used in Japanese Noh theater. Dai means great or big, ki means devil and jin means god. This mask represents the Great Devil God, a representation of a demon know differently as an  (鬼). It has also been used for festivals or ceremonies to ward off evil spirits.
 * He shares this theme with, , , , , , , , , and.
 * He shares this theme with, , , , , , , , , and.

Relations

 * Zilean joined the League to find a cure for a disease called chrono-displasia, and to save his people.
 * It was Zilean who developed the temporal stasis bubble that halted the war in Kalamanda. The high amount of magic used for the bubble also led to the awakening of.
 * Due to the fact that the Riot design director, Zileas, was adamantly against the implementation of armored bears, and Zilean dislike each other.
 * It is unlikely that Zilean and Ekko get along well, as Zilean is the Chronokeeper, and Ekko is by definition, the Chronobreaker. It is speculated that Zilean, (and possibly Bard) may come into conflict of great concern with his reckless use of time travel.
 * During his investigations on Valoran, and a few other voidlings came across the now abandoned Urtistan, Zilean's birthplace and former residence, eventually making his way into Zilean's tower. The voidborn discovered very advanced pieces of technology, believing its owner to have undiscovered knowledge.

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