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Zilean: Time for a Change? Champion Stasis Sparks Player Debate

Nick Cawley
Last updated: February 14, 2024 7:58 pm
Nick Cawley
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For over eight years, a dedicated group of League of Legends fans has patiently waited for substantial changes to their beloved champion, Zilean, the Chronokeeper. With his unique ability to manipulate time, Zilean offers a strategic support playstyle. However, his kit hasn’t received any significant updates since version 5.23, released in November of 2015. This prolonged stasis has ignited fervent debate within the League community.

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Timeless Frustration GrowsThe Case for ModernizationRiot Responds: Balance Over InnovationIs Stasis Zilean’s Strength?Chronokeeper versus the Everchanging MetaConclusion: Beyond the Debate

Timeless Frustration Grows

Year after year, champion after champion has received visual overhauls, kit alterations, and full-scale reworks. Meanwhile, Zilean has soldiered on with the same abilities that he possessed at the dawn of Season 6. While minor number tweaks have occurred, his core gameplay loop of time bombs, speed alterations, and his trademark resurrection ultimate remain frozen in the past. This neglect has created a growing sense of abandonment among dedicated Zilean players.

The Case for Modernization

Those advocating for a Zilean update point to several key issues. His visuals, while charming in their dated way, don’t fit the current, polished League of Legends aesthetic. More importantly, his gameplay is seen as overly simplistic and lacking the nuanced power levers seen in more recently released or updated supports. In a League landscape bursting with champions sporting dashes, shields, crowd control, and flashy skill shots, Zilean increasingly feels like a relic.

Riot Responds: Balance Over Innovation

However, counters that Zilean remains a remarkably balanced champion. Riot Games engineer Ray “RayYonggi” Williams highlights Zilean’s potential for perfect balance, suggesting unnecessary updates pose a risk to that precarious equilibrium. Any major rework has the potential to either break him outright or throw off the wider support role ecosystem. In essence, Riot seems to hold a “don’t fix what isn’t broken” stance on Zilean.

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Is Stasis Zilean’s Strength?

Statistically, Zilean remains a niche pick, boasting a balanced win rate and a low overall play rate. His skill floor is low, but true Zilean mastery takes practice and a deep understanding of timing. He enthusiasts find an odd pleasure in frustrating opponents with precisely placed bombs and perfectly timed revivals. Yet, their enjoyment thrives within a constrained arena that they believe can offer more tactical and exciting play options.

Chronokeeper versus the Everchanging Meta

While Riot views Zilean as a potentially perfect case of balance, League of Legends remains a game in constant flux. New champions raise the complexity ceiling, and existing champions are routinely overhauled. The fear among Zilean devotees is that as the game evolves around him, he falls further into a nostalgic niche, no longer truly viable in high-level play.

Conclusion: Beyond the Debate

The Zilean debate raises fascinating questions about balance, meta stasis, and the place of legacy champions in a dynamic game like League of Legends. Should there be more effort poured into bringing older champions closer to the modern standards, or are pockets of intentional simplicity equally as valid? Regardless of Riot’s ultimate decision, the discussion around Zilean reminds us that time truly waits for no one, not even a champion dedicated to its very manipulation.

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