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Zeri Guide

The Spark of Zaun

Marksman

Tier A ADC

Zeri, The Spark of Zaun, is a marksman champion of medium difficulty. Across our 855 analysed ranked games, Zeri is mostly played as ADC (100% of its games), with a 51.8% win rate in that role: tier A among ADC champions (#7 of 36, ranked by win rate). Zeri's damage is mostly physical (76%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (51.5% to 52.2%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Averages measured over 855 ADC games played with Zeri, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Zeri is a marksman whose attacks deal magic damage and are treated as abilities. Moving and casting Burst Fire stores energy in her ionic pack; when fully charged, her next attack deals bonus damage. Her ultimate overcharges her: she gains attack speed and Burst Fire becomes a faster triple shot.

Harassment

Q › W › Q

When: An enemy is within range.

Burst Fire fires 7 bullets that deal your attack damage to the first enemy hit; Ultrashock Laser slows, then fire Burst Fire again.

The piercing dash

E › Q › Q

When: You want to engage or flee.

Spark Surge dashes you, empowers Burst Fire so it pierces, and makes you leap over obstacles.

The overcharge

R › Q › Q

When: A team fight starts.

Lightning Crash triggers a nova and overcharges you: a stacking attack speed bonus on each champion hit and Burst Fire becomes a triple shot with a chain of lightning.

Laning phase

Burst Fire has no cooldown: fire it often while moving to charge your pack. Ultrashock Laser slows and damages; if it hits a wall, it becomes a long-range laser.

Common mistakes

• Not moving while you shoot: your pack charges while you move.
• Using the ultimate alone: you need to hit champions to stack attack speed.
• Casting Spark Surge with no exit plan.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Infinity Edge, Yun Tal Wildarrows, and Runaan's Hurricane (316 games, 59.5% win rate).

Infinity Edge+Yun Tal Wildarrows+Runaan's Hurricane

316 games · 59.5%

Infinity Edge+Lord Dominik's Regards+Runaan's Hurricane

168 games · 60.1%

Yun Tal Wildarrows+Lord Dominik's Regards+Runaan's Hurricane

138 games · 59.4%

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier52.0% · 585 games

Exhaust + Flash53.7% · 95 games

Flash + Ghost52.9% · 87 games

Cleanse + Flash47.7% · 86 games

Most-played runes

Lethal Tempo + Inspiration

52.3% · 625 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph92%

Legend: Bloodline53%

Cut Down92%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back84%

Triple Tonic78%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force99%

Health93%

Lethal Tempo + Resolve

57.8% · 128 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph97%

Legend: Alacrity76%

Last Stand49%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Overgrowth73%

Conditioning66%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force98%

Health scaling51%

Conqueror + Inspiration

37.1% · 35 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity83%

Cut Down69%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back91%

Triple Tonic49%

Shards

Attack speed97%

Adaptive force97%

Health83%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Zeri's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team52.9% · 227 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Runaan's Hurricane 50.0%

Infinity Edge 60.4%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 60.2% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 59.1%

Stormrazor 37.0% ▼

Fiendhunter Bolts 67.7% ▲

The item that stands out most is Yun Tal Wildarrows: 60.2% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team53.3% · 244 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Runaan's Hurricane 55.8% ▲

Infinity Edge 59.9%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 53.2%

Stormrazor 65.1% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 62.1% ▲

Mortal Reminder 53.7% ▼

The item that stands out most is Stormrazor: 65.1% win rate, +12 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team50.3% · 384 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Runaan's Hurricane 50.9%

Infinity Edge 56.3%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 47.7% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 56.2%

Stormrazor 54.8%

Mortal Reminder 69.0% ▲

The item that stands out most is Mortal Reminder: 69.0% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Zeri as ADC

Jinx Zeri: 40.0%30 games

Jinx has the edge in 60% of the 30 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Jinx guide.

Kai'Sa Zeri: 40.6%32 games

Kai'Sa has the edge in 59% of the 32 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Kai'Sa guide.

Ashe Zeri: 46.7%15 games

Ashe has the edge in 53% of the 15 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Ashe guide.

Lucian Zeri: 53.8%26 games

Lucian has the edge in 46% of the 26 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Lucian guide.

Ezreal Zeri: 55.0%20 games

Ezreal has the edge in 45% of the 20 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Ezreal guide.

Who Zeri is strong against

Jhin64.9% · 37 games

Yunara62.7% · 51 games

Kalista60.0% · 30 games

Tristana58.8% · 17 games

Caitlyn56.7% · 30 games

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Zeri's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveLiving Battery

Zeri's Attacks deal magic damage and are treated as Abilities. Moving and casting Burst Fire stores up energy in Zeri's Sparkpack. When fully charged her next Attack deals bonus damage.

QBurst Fire

Burst Fire shoots a burst of 7 rounds that deal attack damage to the first enemy hit. This Ability is treated as an Attack.

WUltrashock Laser

Zeri fires an electric pulse that slows and damages the first enemy hit. If the pulse hits a wall it expands into a long range laser.

ESpark Surge

Zeri dashes a short distance and energizes Burst Fire to pierce through enemies. She will vault and grind over any terrain she touches.

RLightning Crash

Zeri discharges a nova of electricity and overcharges herself, gaining increased damage and stacking Move Speed that refreshes and gets stronger every time she hits an enemy champion. While overcharged, Burst fire becomes a faster triple shot that chains lightning between enemies.

Frequently asked questions

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