Talk:Zilean/@comment-9661338-20130603124840

I am fairly new to LoL, and Zilean was the 1st champ I bought and is still my main. The main problem I have with him is other players who are convinced he is bad and freak out when I pick him. The truth is I usually do pretty well with him, but the widespread perception that he is useless is a real problem. I try to pick mid but often a Zilean-hating "expert" will insist Zil sucks and force me to play support (usually bot). And often then my lane partner will essentially give up before we even start because they "know" they have lost, and avidly look for every opportunity to blame everything on my champ pick.

Honestly I don't see why this perception exists. I have bought and experimented with quite a few other champs and Zilean does not seem inferior to me.

The other problem I have with him is "ks". When forced to play support sometimes a bomb goes off and (horrors!) kills an enemy, and my lane partner starts screaming KS! Of course the reality is that the enemy champ was already going to die from my bomb and they are actually KSing me. Also once the bomb is ticking there is nothing I can do to stop it, but of course these facts make no impression at all. Everything is going to be my fault for picking Zilean, regardless.

Right now I am still only playing normals, but is this situation going to continue when I start playing ranked?