Zaahen·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zaahen Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport 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 Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage and finish with Overlord's Bloodmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.8% winrate over 14 800 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage 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 54.9% win rate across 2 801 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zaahen Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace 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 Sundered Sky as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Spear of Shojin as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage and Maw of Malmortius. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.7% win rate over 542 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.