Zaahen·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zaahen Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Stridebreaker. 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 53.6% winrate over 235 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Stridebreaker as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Trinity Force as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius and Blade of The Ruined King. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 52.3% win rate across 65 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zaahen Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind and Revitalize as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Stridebreaker as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Sundered Sky. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 45.3% win rate over 53 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.