Zeri Ultimate Build Guide: Best Items, Runes and Counters (52% Win Rate)

Zeri Ultimate Build Guide: Best Items, Runes and Counters (52% Win Rate)

By Marcus Chen

December 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM

Zeri Build Guide for Patch 14.24 (52.2% Win Rate)

Core Build Path:

  • First Item: Statikk Shiv
  • Boots: Berserker's Greaves
  • Core Items: Runaan's Hurricane → Infinity Edge → Lord Dominik's Regards → Bloodthirster

Optimal Runes:

  • Primary: Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand
  • Secondary: Conditioning, Overgrowth
  • Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Summoner Spells:

  • Flash
  • Barrier

Skill Order: Q > E > W

Best Matchups (Win Rate):

  • Kalista (52.0%)
  • Ezreal (51.7%)
  • Twitch (51.6%)
  • Kai'Sa (51.4%)
  • Smolder (51.0%)

Counter Picks to Avoid:

  • Nilah (43.8%)
  • Yasuo (44.9%)
  • Swain (45.9%)
  • Lucian (46.4%)
  • Hwei (47.2%)

Best Support Synergies:

  • Braum (52.5%)
  • Bard (52.2%)
  • Vel'Koz (52.0%)

Key Tips:

  1. Use E through terrain to escape ganks
  2. Stay mobile to generate energy for extra damage
  3. Only engage with E>R combo when team can follow up

Alternative Build (48.5% WR):

  • Same core items but swap Bloodthirster for Immortal Shieldbow
  • Keystone: Fleet Footwork instead of Lethal Tempo

Situational Items:

  • Mortal Reminder (vs. healing)
  • Guardian Angel (vs. burst)
  • Bloodthirster (sustain)
  • Mercurial Scimitar (vs. CC)

Win rates based on 30,749 matches in Emerald+ ranked games

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