Development
- Main article: Zilean (Development)
- Zilean is voiced by Christopher Swindle in
Legends of Runeterra.[1]
Universe
- Main article: Zilean (Character)
- Like Jax, Zilean is more than 3500 years old, as he was present during the fall of Icathia.
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Zilean (League of Legends)
- The original icon for featured a soldier that was mirrored from the icon art of .
- Zilean is one of the four champions with a single damaging ability (
- is the only in-game ability to scale non-linearly per rank (75 / 40 / 50 / 65 / 70).
) the others being ( ) ( ) and ( ).
- the eponymous song by Jim Croce. references
- Zilean is the first champion to have a basic ability that cannot be ranked up at level 1 ( ) the second being ( , ).
- Zilean's backstory resembles Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
Quotes
- Main article: Zilean (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like banana" references the eponymous saying.
- ▶️ "I've seen your death, it was painful... " probably inspired ▶️ "I've seen your future, and it's got broken bones." considering their time-theme.
Skins
- Main article: Zilean (Collection)
- He might have been inspired by Father Time.
- His pose in his was borrowed for the first splash art of his skin.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2009 along with:
- He references Old Saint Nicholas, another name for Santa Claus.
- cuckoo clock above him. can be seen coming out of the
- This skin shares the Day Job theme with:
- ...and others
- He was conceived as 'Flowerkeeper Zilean' by Summoners 'DarkeTiger' and 'Empio'.
- He references a hippie.
- This skin shares the Chronicle theme with:
- This skin shares the Mad Scientists theme with:
- He references The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
- This skin shares the Blood Moon theme with:
- ...and others
- The mask he is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.
- He plays the Gong on his back while .
- This skin shares the Sugar Rush theme with:
- can be seen in the background bringing more injured gingerbread people.
- This skin shares the Winterblessed theme with:
- ...and others