Zaahen·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zaahen Top 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 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 Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 1 227 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Zaahen Top 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 Stridebreaker, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Death's Dance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Maw of Malmortius, Endless Hunger and Chempunk Chainsword. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 56.2% win rate over 521 matches.

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, Endless Hunger and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 61.3% win rate across 390 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.