Bruiser Zilean build with runes and items. Bruiser Zilean guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Bruiser Zilean build in League of Legends Patch 25.17!
You play Bruiser stacking HP, auto attacking and rushing one specific item. You adapt to enemy team, building tanky items.
You rush Titanic Hydra.
Titanic Hydra can be your only damage item. Then go full tank.
Your auto attacks are quite powerful, thanks to Titanic Hydra and Grasp of the Undying. It's your main source of damage + your abilities.
Playstyle
🌊 Rush Titanic Hydra early - it is your core and defines the build.
⚔️ Play aggressive and look for opportunities to stack Grasp of the Undying and to activate your Titanic Hydra.
💪 Stack health.
🛡️ Adapt your tankiness to the enemy team: build armor, MR, or sustain as needed.
How to play
General
This build is focused on a single item - Titanic Hydra.
How is this build different to other bruisers builds? The main difference is item rush order. You rush Titanic Hydra first, then adapt to the situation!
Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
A very effective way of poking enemies is to use Titanic Hydra Active and hit minions in front of them (closer to them, better the effect).
Another effective way of poking enemies with Titanic, is to hit caster minions in the back.
Items
If you want to go more damage, Sundered Sky is an excellent damage item for this build. It scales off your HP (so with Grasp, Overgrowth). It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!
Adaptation
👊 If ahead, consider adding a second damage item to snowball.
🏰 If behind, focus purely on being frontline with Titanic Hydra as your only damage.
Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
Tips and Tricks
Time In A Bottle (Passive)
Use your Time In A Bottle (Passive) on champions that benefits the most from higher level. For example
They carry.
They have some crucial cooldown or unlocks ability or generally speaking they get something with higher level.
Time Bomb (Q)
You can use Time Bomb (Q) to scout bushes.
You can use Time Bomb (Q) also to zone enemies. Even if you not playing AP build, enemies will still instinctively avoid your bombs on the ground.
You can't hit your Qs? Just slow your enemies with Time Warp (E) before nuking them with bombs.
Wanna free poke enemies? Just throw Time Bomb (Q) on friendly minions that are about to die and enemy wants to last hit them.
Chronoshift (R)
Chronoshift (R) is very powerful cooldown. You can use it strategically for various scenarios:
Enemy team focusing your carry and he is getting very low? R your teammate to resurrect him.
You can also use R for deterrence. If you Chronoshift (R) someone (even at high hp) enemies will be less likely to focus him.
Riot
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.