Zaahen·Jungle Build
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Q
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R| Win rate | 49.7% |
| Pick rate | 0.5% |
| Ban rate | 1.6% |
| Matches | 3 549- |
Zaahen Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 52.2% based on 1 726 matches
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Most Popular
52.2%

Highest WR
56.4%

Alternative
53.8%

Off-Meta
45.9%Top Players ALL
EDen#MAP OTP
80.0%Blui#NA1 OTP
52.6%Carly Rae Jepsen#001 OTP
42.9%Matchup Specific
Lee Sin
61.0%Viego
48.9%runes






















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Starter Items
Time Target

@ 11 sec
Early Items

@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 19 min
Full Build






ability order
Q
E
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Skills





situational items






Zaahen Matchups Overview
Zaahen General information
Zaahen combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Zaahen Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Zaahen Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.2% winrate over 1 726 matches played.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Stridebreaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Sundered Sky and Endless Hunger. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.8% win rate across 65 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Zaahen Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Sundered Sky as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Stridebreaker as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Maw of Malmortius. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 45.9% win rate over 61 matches played.
Situational Zaahen Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Zaahen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Zaahen runes page.

Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Zaahen Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Jungle in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 26.12 the best possible matchups for Zaahen Jungle are:
- vs. Karthus - 66.7% win rate over 21 games.
- vs. Malphite - 66.7% win rate over 15 games.
- vs. Jayce - 63.3% win rate over 30 games.
- vs. Nasus - 61.5% win rate over 39 games.
- vs. Nidalee - 60.9% win rate over 46 games.
Consider picking Zaahen into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Jungle matchups that currently are in favor of Zaahen.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Zaahen in the current patch into the following Jungle matchups:
- vs. Kha'Zix - 32.3% win rate over 62 games.
- vs. Rengar - 34.9% win rate over 83 games.
- vs. Zyra - 37.5% win rate over 16 games.
- vs. Fiddlesticks - 39.0% win rate over 41 games.
- vs. Rammus - 39.3% win rate over 28 games.
These champions are considered as Zaahen counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Zaahen counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.