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Zeri
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Very Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Scale to 3 items and play for front-to-back teamfights. Use to stack infinite movement speed, becoming effectively untargetable through pure velocity while melting the enemy team with chain lightning.
Playstyle
High-octane kite-heavy marksman who relies on movement speed and skillshots. You aren't a traditional ADC; you're a railgun on skates that thrives in chaotic teamfights.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Extreme mobility with allowing for creative flanking or safe escapes over huge walls.
- +Infinite kiting potential during thanks to stacking movement speed.
- +Strong waveclear and multi-target damage with piercing and chain lightning.
- +High burst potential for a marksman when using through walls.
Weaknesses
- -Standard 'autos' via can be blocked by minions, making laning and specific target selection difficult.
- -Extremely vulnerable if is on its long 20+ second early cooldown.
- -Relies heavily on hitting skillshots; if you miss , you literally do zero damage.
- -Low base health and resistances make you easy to burst if caught without stacks.
Abilities
Passive charges by moving/casting. Use the fully charged zap for a burst of magic damage and a slow. It's great for finishing off low-health targets or securing a kill when might miss. The uncharged version deals tiny damage but helps execute minions.
This is your 'auto attack'. It's a skillshot. You must constantly spam this. Because it hits the first enemy, you need to position around minions to hit the enemy champion. High attack speed converts into AD beyond the 1.5 cap.
A poke tool that becomes a critical zoning/burst tool when fired through a wall. Always look for wall angles to turn this into a long-range critical laser for easy poke or to slow enemies before an engage.
Your lifeblood. Use it to dash short distances or travel across entire jungle walls. It also makes your next 3 casts pierce, which is vital for clearing waves or hitting backline targets through tanks.
The 'Go' button. Use it when enemies are clumped to get maximum initial stacks. Every champion hit gives you movement speed. Stay alive and keep hitting enemies to keep the stacks going and the lightning chaining between targets.
Teamfight Role
Kite-heavy cleanup crew.
Stay on the edge of the fight initially. Use on the closest target to build stacks safely. Once you are fast enough that they cannot catch you, use to reposition and dive the backline carries.
If the enemy has point-and-click CC like Malzahar or Vi, you cannot dive. Stay back and poke with and max-range until their ultimates are used.
Combos
Short Trade
through wall → → Charged zap
Poke from safety. The wall-W slows them significantly, making the follow-up Q and passive zap easy to land while they are slowed.
All-In Engage
→ forward → spam →
Activate ult immediately to start stacking speed. E forward to get the piercing Q shots to shred through the support and ADC simultaneously.
The Long Wall Flank
over a long wall → mid-dash → →
Surprise the enemy from fog of war. Using E over a long terrain piece covers huge distance, and casting W mid-dash hides the animation for a surprise burst.
Burst Finish
→ (short dash) → → Charged
Reset your Q rhythm with a quick E dash to burst a single target down quickly. Use this when an enemy is within kill range and you need to close the gap.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | First chance to use piercing shots for a surprise trade through the minion wave. |
| Level 6 | Massive spike. transforms your teamfighting and 2v2 potential entirely by giving you the speed to dodge everything. |
| Level 11 | Second point in and lower cooldown makes you much safer and harder to pin down. |
| Level 13 | This is when is usually maxed out, providing the lowest possible cooldown on your only mobility tool. |
| Level 16 | Peak power. The movement speed scaling becomes oppressive, allowing you to 1v5 if you maintain your stacks. |
Tips & Tricks
- •You can use during the dash animation of to hide the cast time and catch enemies off guard.
- •Your cooldown is capped at 1.5 attacks per second. Any attack speed you build beyond this is converted into bonus AD.
- •Hold your fully charged zap for when an enemy is low; the high base damage makes it an effective execute.
- •When using over a wall, you can still be hit by skillshots. It is a 'dash', not 'untargetable', so watch out for CC mid-flight.
- •Spam even when not in combat while walking to lane to keep your energy charging faster.
- • lightning chains to minions. If a champion is hiding behind a wave, hit the minions to bounce damage onto them.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using aggressively without vision→You have no other escape. If the jungler appears while is on its 20s cooldown, you are a sitting duck.
- ✕Firing when no one is in range→You miss the initial burst damage and the starting stacks, making it much harder to ramp up your speed before the fight ends.
- ✕Forgetting to use the charged zap→Significant lost damage and utility. The slow from the charged zap is what allows you to land your subsequent shots.
- ✕Auto-piloting into the frontline tank only→While stacking speed is good, you must look for angles where piercing allows you to damage the enemy backline carries.
- ✕Standing still while attacking→Zeri is built for constant movement. If you aren't clicking between casts, you aren't charging or dodging skillshots.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached