Mobile long-fight carry build: Zeri wins when she can keep distance, keep firing, and use time to ramp her damage. The build must therefore preserve her kiting, mobility, and long-duration presence.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Zeri build (Dragon Lane): Runaan's Hurricane › Infinity Edge › Bloodthirster › Phantom Dancer › Kraken Slayer, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Conqueror. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,600 total cost +600gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +600g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Vayne
Mortal Reminder
Recurring healing
Lucian
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Kalista
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Akshan
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Zeri wins in extended fights by stacking damage while avoiding threats.
Long Sword
Sheen procs on the Q burst shot, mana for spam Q
Multi-targets on the Q shots fast of Zeri in fights
anti-heal + crit on the Q shots continus
Gluttonous Greaves
Stasis
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attaques multiples Q burst Fire fast and his fights extended stack Conqueror parfaitement.
Strengthens trades early with his rafales Q to dominate the lane bot.
Your kiting DPS pours into the full-HP frontline — the healthy-target bonus applies through the whole discharge.
Attack speed to trigger his charges of shield passive Living Battery faster.
Blunts the opening burst of divers — three weakened hits buy time to E-slide away.
Stasis
Quicksilver
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Level 5 unlocks her real fight lever. Zeri can finally turn a long trade into a chase, but it is not a reason to force anywhere: R needs space, an accessible target and enough time for her speed to matter.
This pair marks the point where Zeri starts seriously threatening poorly positioned targets. She is not untouchable yet, but her extended trades become much more dangerous if she can hit without being locked down at the start.
Runaan’s Hurricane changes her teamfight impact: she no longer depends only on one isolated target and can convert grouped fights into constant area damage. This is often the window where she becomes decisive around objectives.
