Zilean ARAM Mayhem Build

The Chronokeeper. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #29 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21SupportMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 52.0%
Pick rate: 4.2%
Rank: #29 of 173
Games: 977,364
Patch: 26.21

How to play Zilean in ARAM Mayhem

Zilean is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #29 of 173 champions, with a 52.0% win rate over 977,364 games.

92% of Zilean's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It keeps its team alive with 2,794 healing on teammates in an average game; stay behind your frontline and save it for the fights that matter. It dies only 8.3 times per game on average, fewer than most.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Archangel's Staff, Luden's Echo and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 50.6% win rate over 571,537 games. For boots, Sorcerer's Shoes are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Zilean are Archmage, Blue Barrier and Infinite Recursion. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Snowday and Rite of Ascension when you can: they do worst on Zilean. A pair to look for: Archmage with Blue Barrier.

Take Flash and Clarity (8% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max Q (Time Bomb) first, then W, then E.

Zilean ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Zilean game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

50.6% win rate · 71% of Zilean games · 571,537 games

Start

Refillable Potion
Tear of the Goddess
Fiendish Codex

Core items, in buying order

Archangel's Staff
Luden's Echo
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Zilean, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	40%
Sorcerer's Shoes	21%
Gluttonous Greaves	4%

Situational, after the core

Winter's Approach3% buy it
Shadowflame43% buy it
Blackfire Torch5% buy it
Rod of Ages4% buy it
Cryptbloom8% buy it
Void Staff13% buy it

Most bought items

Archangel's Staff59% of games
Luden's Echo55% of games
Shadowflame44% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap41% of games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity34% of games
Cosmic Drive23% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes20% of games
Blackfire Torch20% of games
Stormsurge19% of games
Malignance18% of games

Best augments for Zilean

Every card with enough Zilean games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Zilean's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Zilean

11 S tier and 22 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Zilean in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Archmage	Prismatic	Tier S	Casting a spell refunds another random spell's cost by 30% of the original spell's Cooldown.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier S	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier S	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier S	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier S	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Slap Around	Silver	Tier S	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Purist - Caster	Silver	Tier A	Conversion Rate: 0.65 Ability Haste per 1% Attack Speed
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
ADAPt	Silver	Tier A	Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack…
Pursuit of Power	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Permanently increase selected ability damage by 30%.
Pursuit of Haste	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Gain permanent 80 Ability Haste on your selected ability. QUEST: Hit…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Ravenous Bind	Gold	Tier A	Minimum healing: (50–200 (by level) +5% Ability Power +10% Bonus Health) Healing increases up to 50% based on spell cooldown.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Arcane Axiom	Gold	Tier A	When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund 15–30 (by level) % of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.

Average on Zilean
36 cards, best first

Below average on Zilean
19 cards, best first

Weakest on Zilean
11 cards, best first

Best first augment for Zilean

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Zilean's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Archmage, Blue Barrier and Infinite Recursion come out on top.

The best augments for Zilean in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	ArchmageTier S	ArchmageTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Blue BarrierTier S
2	Blue BarrierTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	ArchmageTier S	ArchmageTier S
3	Infinite RecursionTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Blue BarrierTier S	Ocean SoulTier S
4	Shrink EngineTier S	Blue BarrierTier S	Mind to MatterTier S	Slap AroundTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Bread And JamTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mind to MatterTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Zilean, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Clarity8% of players · 55.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost59% of players · 52.5% win rate
Flash + Mark28% of players · 50.6% win rate

Skill order

QTime Bomb
WRewind
ETime Warp

Max Q first. 78% of players use this order (52.7% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Zilean in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 6.1 / 8.3 / 33.2
KDA: 5.85
Damage to champions: 26,556
Damage taken: 31,435
Self-mitigated: 16,661
Healing on allies: 2,794
Shielding on allies: 2
Crowd control: 40 s
Kill participation: 71%
Game length: 17:05

Damage type

Physical 4%Magic 92%True 4%

Questions and answers

What is the best Zilean build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Zilean: Archangel's Staff, Luden's Echo and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Zilean in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Zilean, best first: Archmage, Blue Barrier, Infinite Recursion, Mind to Matter and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Zilean good in ARAM Mayhem?

Zilean is tier A on patch 26.21, #29 of 173 champions, with a 52.0% win rate over 977,364 games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Zilean in ARAM Mayhem?

For Zilean's first pick on patch 26.21: Archmage, Blue Barrier, Infinite Recursion, Shrink Engine and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Zilean counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.