CHAMPIONSZeri
Zeri
CHAMPION · ADC

Zeri

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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01

Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
They don't know how to play against her. She does really well into tanky teams as well, you know, if you have like an enemy Nautilus that is engaging your team, as a Zeri, you can just attack the Nautilus with your ultimate and it's going to shoot the lightning to his team and you're going to be able to do massive total damage to Lucian is good, nothing special, just good. Vayne is good, also nothing special.
hellsdevil · patch 7.1 · (22:53)
Open questions (5)
  1. 01Lethal Tempo vs Conqueror — when does each win post-7.1d?
  2. 02Build path post-buff
  3. 03Boot choice
  4. 04Spike timings with shorter Spark Surge CD
  5. 05Pairing with which supports
02

Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdeviladcS=2026-05-19
7.1eroyaladcA−22026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtadcA·2026-05-08
7.1droyaladcS·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdeviladcS·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR49.35%PR2.98%BR0.02%
Items (in order)
Essence Reaver
Essence ReaverAttacks grant Mana Regen, and damage amplification
  • +35 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate
  • +20 Ability Haste

Spellblade: Casting an ability generates a Spellblade charge (max 3 charges) that lasts up to 10 second(s). Hitting an enemy with an attack consumes a charge, dealing 90 bonusas physical damage and granting 40 Movement Speed for 2 second(s). This bonus damage can Critically Strike. Each ability generates only one charge per 2 second(s).

Mana Siphon: Attacks restore 3% missingMana on-hit.

3000 gold
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's GreavesAttack Speed
  • +25% Attack Speed
  • +45 Move Speed.

Blessed Blade: Reduces Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.

900 gold
Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's HurricaneRanged Attacks hit 3 targets
  • +35% Attack Speed
  • +25% Critical Rate

Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55%. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.

Wind Blade: Attacks deal 15 bonus physical damage on-hit against targets.

2900 gold
Mortal Reminder
Mortal ReminderArmor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
  • +25 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate
  • +15% Attack Speed

Last Whisper: +30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.

Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.

3300 gold
Infinity Edge
Infinity EdgeIncreases Critical Strike Damage
  • +60 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate

Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.

Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage.

3400 gold
Bloodthirster
BloodthirsterIncreases Physical Vamp
  • +55 Attack Damage
  • +250 Max Health
  • +25% Critical Rate

Bloody: +8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp.

3000 gold
Runes
Conqueror
KeystoneConqueror
ConquerorKeystone

Basic attacks and abilities generate stacks of Conqueror on enemy champions hit, up to one per attack or cast. Each stack of Conqueror lasts 6 seconds and grants 3 - 7 (based on level) bonus (Adaptive) Attack Damage 4 - 12 (based on level) or Ability Power 4 - 11 (based on level), stacking up to 6 times, for a maximum of 12 - 36 (based on level) bonus Attack Damage or 18 - 54 (based on level) Ability Power (Adaptive). While fully stacked, gain 8 % melle ( 5% ranged) Physical Vamp and Magical Vamp. Adaptive Damage: Deals either physical or magic damage depending on your bonus stats, defaulting based on the origin of the effect.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Brutal
BrutalMinor · Precision

Attacks deal 6 (+ 8% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Coup de Grace
Coup de GraceMinor · Precision

When an enemy has less than 40% health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: AlacrityMinor · Precision

Gain 3% bonus attack speed when engaging in taking down monsters, enemy champions and minions, up to 20% at maximum stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QEW
Spells
FlashFlashGhostGhost

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-zeri-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Dominik's Regards — instead of Mortal Reminder when enemy team stacks HP and armor
  • Guardian Angel — protection against high burst damage champions
  • Quicksilver Enchant or Stasis Enchant — alternate boot enchant depending on playstyle

Counters / threats: Draven, Twitch, Nilah, Kog'Maw, Jinx

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Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
royalhand-written· Patch 7.1d analysis (Royal)
patch 7.1d

Scope: This section reflects state as-of patch 7.1d per Royal. May be outdated for later patches — see top-level Tier history. "In the S tier we of course have Zeri, who received some very major buffs. I'm not sure how much Lethal Tempo will hurt her. She does have the option of also going Conqueror, but she's been really, really strong in the last few patches or ever since her buff." — [[Sources/videos/2026-05-04-royal-tier-list-7.1d|Royal, 7.1d tier list]] (05:43) Why she's S in 7.1d: Patch 7.1d buffed her directly: AD per level: 3.5 → 4 Living Battery AD ratio: +1% per rank Spark Surge cooldown: 24/21.5/19/16.5s → 22/19.5/17/14.5s But the same patch nerfed Lethal Tempo (ranged): AS-per-stack 3-12% → 3-10%. Royal flags this as a real concern but notes Conqueror is a viable alt rune to dodge the Lethal Tempo hit. Patch citation: [[Patches/7.1d#Zeri]]

hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Adc "But I still rate him S plus tier because Jhin is just so strong in the game right now. Zeri, aka Michael Jackson, cuz if you zoom in, she looks like Michael Jackson. I would rate her S tier." (22:37) "They don't know how to play against her. She does really well into tanky teams as well, you know, if you have like an enemy Nautilus that is engaging your team, as a Zeri, you can just attack the Nautilus with your ultimate and it's going to shoot the lightning to his team and you're going to be able to do massive total damage to Lucian is good, nothing special, just good. Vayne is good, also nothing special." (22:53)

hellsdevilauto· Adc
patch 7.1·adc

But I still rate him S plus tier because Jhin is just so strong in the game right now. Zeri, aka Michael Jackson, cuz if you zoom in, she looks like Michael Jackson. I would rate her S tier.(22:37)

They don't know how to play against her. She does really well into tanky teams as well, you know, if you have like an enemy Nautilus that is engaging your team, as a Zeri, you can just attack the Nautilus with your ultimate and it's going to shoot the lightning to his team and you're going to be able to do massive total damage to Lucian is good, nothing special, just good. Vayne is good, also nothing special.(22:53)

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Patch notes

mentions of Zeri
Patch 7.1d
  • listedZeri · included in this patch's champion changes