Zaahen·Jungle Build

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 56.1% winrate over 1 959 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Zaahen Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Stridebreaker, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 56.8% win rate over 125 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Triple Tonic in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Move Speed, and Tenacity and Slow Resist as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Sundered Sky 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, Endless Hunger and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 58.8% win rate across 85 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, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sundered Sky as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Mortal Reminder. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 59.0% 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.