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Zaahen ARAM Build 26.21

Zaahen is a Darkin built to outlast the whole lobby, and the Abyss is one long messy brawl tailor-made for him. Every landing on a champion stacks his attack damage, a full stack lets him revive out of a death, and his ult heals him for a chunk of the damage it deals. The more bodies crammed onto the bridge, the faster he stacks and the harder he heals, so he wants the endless 5v5, never the clean duel.

#111 of 170 champions this patch · 114 games

Win rate48.3%+2.7Games114Pick rate3.5%Last 8 patches−9.0 since 26.14Damage profilei

AP 4%AD 91%True 5%DifficultyiLowForgiving

The 10-second answer standard · 48.3% WR

Mercury's Treads SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ModernARAMCounter

170 champions

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ARAM BalanceDamage dealt-5%Damage taken+5%Details ↓

Zaahen Item Build

An endless grouped brawl with no reset is the exact fight Zaahen's items are built to win. Weighting his purchases toward lifesteal and durability over pure damage pays off harder here than in a side lane, because a packed bridge always hands his heal-on-hit a target and never lets the enemy flee the grind. Buy the sustain and attack damage that carry his bulk to the stacks his passive rewards.

Standard loadout · Zaahen The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 1400g

Tunneler×1

Glowing Mote×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Mercury's Treads72% · 43.5%

Plated Steelcaps28% · 44.4%

Situational items

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.S

Spirit Visage2250.0%

Best Zaahen Runes

Conqueror suits a champion who commits to a fight and keeps swinging through it. His double strikes and multi-target hits get value the instant a brawl starts, and the packed bridge guarantees there's always more than one body to land on. Set the rest up for durability, so he survives long enough to out-sustain every trade.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Resolve · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Triumph93% · 48.1%

Legend: Haste49% · 51.8%

Coup de Grace86% · 49.0%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Resolve, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Resolve Secondary

Bone Plating40% · 60.9%

Revitalize46% · 54.7%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health+65 Health

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+65Health

Build toward Sundered Sky into Death's Dance and lean on his sustain from the first item. Once Death's Dance lands, his heal-on-hit and stacking damage turn the endless Abyss brawl lopsided, since there's no recall for the enemy to reset an attrition war he's already winning. Rush the item, then just refuse to leave the fight.

Zaahen Skill Order

The Darkin Glaive carries both the damage and the heal, so it claims 4, 5, 7 and 9, answering Abyss tuning that shaves five percent off his output and adds five percent to what he absorbs. Aureate Rush scales from 8, leaving Dreaded Return on one rank until 14.

Skill order · Zaahen R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Max Q first, since the double-slash glaive is both his main damage and the heal that carries him through a brawl, then E and W. One dashes him into the clump, the other pulls scattered enemies toward him so the packed fight gets tighter still. Open with the pull, chain the glaive and its knock-up recast, then use the ult stab to heal off the whole pile.

Zaahen Changes This Patch

Stat & ability changesPatch 26.22

Q Cooldown10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6Buff

Zaahen ARAM Abilities

The Darkin Glaive hides a second button, a recast that turns his next strike into a knockup, giving him a hard bit of control the double-slash heal never advertises. Aureate Rush is his repositioning, a dash that slices everything around where he lands.

Abilities on the Abyss · Zaahenpatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Cultivation of WarPassiveP

The Darkin GlaiveMax 1stQ

Dreaded ReturnMax lastW

Aureate RushMax 2ndE

Grim DeliveranceUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

The Darkin GlaivePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamagevaries per rank+20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% bonus ADlv 11415lv 42930lv 54345lv 75760lv 97175Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 18slv 47.5slv 57slv 76.5slv 96sConstant at every rankCost25same at all ranks

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Zaahen: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt−5%champion tuningDamage taken+5%champion tuning

Zaahen Base Stats

Base stats · ZaahenPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD63+4AS0.625+2.5%MS345Range175HP640+114HP57.5+0.8Armor36+5MR32+2.05MP350+55MP58.15+0.75

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