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Zeri Guide

The Spark of Zaun

Marksman

Tier B 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 B among ADC champions (#19 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.

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

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

How to play and combo preview

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.

See all 3 Zeri combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

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%

Skill order

Max order : E > W > Q55.0% · 20 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q			●	●		●		●
W		●											●	●	●
E	●						●		●	●		●
R					●						●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 117 games).

Starting items

Doran's BowHealth PotionHealth Potion54.4% · 90 games

First completed items, in order

Yun Tal Wildarrows›Runaan's Hurricane›Infinity Edge

38 games · 71.0%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 4053 gold, 83 CS, 3636 XP. At 15 min: 6852 gold, 128 CS, 5895 XP.

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

Tristana Zeri: 46.7%30 games

Tristana has the edge in 53% of the 30 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Tristana guide.

Lucian Zeri: 46.7%15 games

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

Yunara Zeri: 47.2%36 games

Yunara has the edge in 53% of the 36 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Yunara guide.

Kai'Sa Zeri: 48.7%39 games

Kai'Sa has the edge in 51% of the 39 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Kai'Sa guide.

Caitlyn Zeri: 50.0%32 games

Caitlyn has the edge in 50% of the 32 ADC duels against Zeri. See the Caitlyn guide.

Who Zeri is strong against

Ezreal73.7% · 19 games

Jinx66.7% · 33 games

Aphelios60.0% · 15 games

Jhin56.4% · 39 games

Xayah53.3% · 15 games

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

Zeri ADC: what our games say

Laning phase against the ADC average

Measured over 117 Zeri games with a timeline; the average covers 49 champions played ADC in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

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.

Other ADC champions to know

Most played

Jhin48.5 %Yunara52.4 %Kai'Sa49.9 %Ezreal45.2 %Caitlyn50.3 %Jinx51.0 %Tristana50.0 %Lucian48.9 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Brand57.7 %Syndra56.7 %Aurelion Sol56.7 %Kog'Maw55.3 %Senna55.3 %Mel54.9 %Vel'Koz53.8 %Xayah53.1 %

Frequently asked questions

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