Zilean/Strategy

== Strategy == Skill Usage Item Building Countering
 * You can combine the use of and  to place two s on a target quickly.
 * This strategy has an effect on an enemy Zilean's bombs because planting your own bombs on debuffed allies will detonate the enemy bombs.
 * Placing s on allied initiators such as and  as they are about to initiate on multiple enemies is a good way to help rack up burst damage. Using Bombs on,  or  can lead to a heavy unexpected nuke to the enemy team, thanks to these three characters' ability to stealth.
 * is an effective way to enable allies/yourself to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
 * Constant repeated usage of can help to drastically reduce the cooldown of  at the cost of mana.
 * Use strategically for maximum effect. It can prolong the life span of yourself or a team member.
 * Combo use, and  in conjunction with  at your fountain when shopping or heading back out to battle to maximize mana gain and ensure all your abilities are ready for use immediately.
 * Purchasing and the usage of Zilean's ultimate, he can be a great time consumer to the opposing force, which allows the ally team to know how to approach an ambush while you are reviving.
 * Cooldown Reduction is unusually effective on Zilean, since in addition to decreasing the cooldowns of his abilities it decreases the cooldown of allowing it to be used more often to decrease the cooldowns on your abilities even further. You can quite easily use  every 40 seconds or so with maximum reduction.
 * Using both Runes and Items, a Cooldown reduction of 9% allows Time Warp to be Spammed.