Overview
Zetian is a Mage with high poking ability and vision. She farms in the midlane and rotate to side lanes. She is good for her ultimate with vision and crowd control.
Strengths
Zetian can poke her opponent in the mid lane when clearing and her vision is a good advantage for the team.
Weaknesses
Zetian's weakness is her without her passive. She is prone to ganking when passive js unavailable since enemy can easily reach her.
Woman Chicken Feet
For this build, buy boots for the CD. Then before buying glowing wand buy magic totem for mana and proceed to glowing wand. Then, Blood Wings for shield if passive is gone and extra magic damage and movement speed if the shield is gone. Then proceed to the next. Divine Glaive for penetration and Winter Crown for survivability.
Annoying Chicken Woman
This emblem set includes mage emblem for cooldown reduction, magic power and magic pen. With Agility, Zetian can rotate faster and help her teammates. Weapon Master for the bonus damage gain from equipment and emblem. Since, my build for Zetian isn't full damage, Weapon Master can compensate the lost damage. Impure Rage for mana regen since the new patch includes higher mana consumption for Zetian's First Skill which is her source for poking enemies.
Full CD
Same with the previous emblem but SUPPORT EMBLEM instead of magic to maximize the CD reduction.
Battle Spell
Zetian doesn't have any blink skill from which she can use to escape and reposition. She relies mostly on her passive. However, there are heroes who can take her passive easily which can make her vulnerable to fighter and other close-combat heroes. That's why flicker is the suggested spell for Zetian.
Early Game
From the start of the game, upgrade her first skill. In the laning, you can use her first skill to fast clear the lane. If you can bully the enemy, try poking her with your first skill while hitting the enemy minions. Then, rotate to the side lane or help the jungle if invaded. When returning to your lane, use your second skill to check bushes.
Mid Game to Late Game
You can now use your ultimate for initiating a gank or clash. Also, use this for vision when securing an objective. When there is a team fight, position yourself at the back and use your first and second skill to poke enemies.
Best With Minotaur
She is good when paired with Mino. You can use her Ultimate for initiating and stunning enemies before Mino can use his Ult for precise setting. Well, Zetian is perfect match for setters.
Watch Out For Kagura
Kagura is a good counter for Zetian. She can easily remove her passive making Zetian an easy target.