Talk:Zilean/@comment-1876049-20151106152735/@comment-10136989-20151106174435

120 seconds will give you 48 experience between level 1-6. A single melee minion gives you 59, however the 48 is given to 2 people. 3 caster minions is 87, which split between two people is 48xp, meaning Zileans passive gives you+ally 3 caster minions every 2 mins until level 6. At level 6 it gives you 84 every 2 minutes. Or even better - 168 every 4 minutes. In 4 minutes you will have seen 3 siege minions go past each worth 92xp. Shared between two people these are worth 151.8 experience. Basically instead of nearby allies and yourself recieving an extra ~24xp per 30 seconds, you now recieve 3/4 of that, storing itself up, until level 6 where you start receiving about 1.3 times the normal amount. The downside being no bonus experience given on kills, or a continuous trickle, instead given in bursts. For a large portion of the game you are earning more experience than you would have before, and also benefitting even while not near minions.

It feels a bit underwhelming to begin with, but you didn't feel the passive at all before. Now it requires a bit more thought and execution but does give more of a reward for efficient usage.