Talk:Zilean/@comment-20434720-20140328025912/@comment-4748826-20140405170405

The problem with zilean is that he is neither a support nor a mage.

As a mage, he deals very little damage overall (huge power spike at level 3 but thats it).

He has huge utility as a mage, but as a support? He doesnt really have enough. He doesnt have a hard CC (snare, stuns, knock ups, knock backs) He doesnt have a silence or a blind etc, meaning his E doesnt stop the enemy adc from auto attacking, nor the enemy mage from dealing a lot of damage.

He doesnt have trading potencial, just poke, but once he is on a fight, he can only help the adc kitting while he uses his Q, wich is a narrow playstyle and requires you to rush AP ASAP.

No shield, no heal, no hard CC, just a slow/ haste (lulu can do this better) and poke (lulu/sona/soraka can do this).

Ultimate? Yes it's amazing, but still, a lot of support have an amazing ultimate (janna, lulu, leona, sona, soraka).

Riot should decide what they want to do and rework him to fit at least 1 role.