Lulu vs Zilean — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Lulu against Zilean · 49.78% win rate over 3,594 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Lulu is favoured — Lulu owns 4 of the 7 game windows. Lulu wins 49.78% of games vs Zilean in support (3,594 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1LuluLevel 1 Zilean's thin mana and single-bomb kit can't contest your poke.
Level 2LuluAt 2 your Q plus E out-trade his lone Time Bomb and punish his steps.
Level 3LuluLevel 3 you still out-poke him before his stun combo is reliable.
Levels 4-5Even / skillThrough 4-5 his double-bomb stun and roams even the lane out to a skill fight.
Level 6Even / skillChronoshift at 6 makes your all-ins net-neutral, keeping it even.
First itemEven / skillFirst item both sides trade around cooldowns for an even lane.
Two+ itemsLuluLate your repeatable CC and peel outlast his single revive.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You own level 1-3: Zilean needs two bombs to stun and his mana can't sustain it, so your Glitterlance and Help Pix out-poke him and punish every step he takes to bomb the wave.

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The full Lulu vs Zilean report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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