Zilean vs Lulu — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Zilean against Lulu · 53.34% win rate over 3,693 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Lulu owns 3 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Zilean: survive their windows and the game is yours. Zilean wins 53.34% of games vs Lulu in support (3,693 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1LuluLevel 1 favors Lulu: Glitterlance out-ranges your Bomb and adds a slow you can't answer.
Level 2LuluLevel 2 favors Lulu as her Q plus E poke beats your single-target step-up.
Level 3LuluLevel 3 stays Lulu's with Polymorph threatening to cancel your detonation combo.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 even out once Chronoshift and your slows open pick windows.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is skill-based: your revive trades against her Wild Growth knockup and shield.
First itemEven / skillAt first item both are online enablers and her cooldown gaps decide the trades.
Two+ itemsEven / skillAt two-plus items it's an even peel duel between two utility supports.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-3 favor Lulu. Her Glitterlance out-ranges your single Bomb and slows, her E gives free poke through her ADC, and Polymorph threatens to cancel your combo, so you play safe and farm XP.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Zilean vs Lulu 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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