Zaahen·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zaahen Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Bone Plating and Revitalize 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Stridebreaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 42.8% winrate over 743 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Zaahen Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite 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 Bone Plating with Revitalize 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 Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Trinity Force as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sundered Sky, Sterak's Gage and Ravenous Hydra. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 43.6% win rate over 353 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Triple Tonic with Jack Of All Trades in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Zeke's Convergence as a third item. You want to finish the build with Umbral Glaive, Thornmail and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 43.9% win rate across 173 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zaahen Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Revitalize as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Stridebreaker as third item. The last 3 options are Sundered Sky, Sterak's Gage and Kaenic Rookern. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 40.2% win rate over 82 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.