support-engage Patch 7.0d
Zeke's Convergence
Champion examples
Leona Nautilus Alistar

Frontline

Zeke's Convergence

Zeke's Convergence is excellent when an engage support wants his entry to immediately benefit the carry positioned right behind him.

The item is only worth it if the ally link actually makes sense in the game plan. When your tank or engage support finds first contact consistently and your carry follows instantly, Zeke adds real conversion without requiring a complicated pattern.

It shines in front-to-back drafts, engage-plus-ADC duos, and comps that win through the quality of the first lock rather than through support-independent burst.

Cost: 2700Category: DefensePatch: 7.0dTiming: Mid Game · Late Game
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Buy when Your engage support finds first contact often with a carry ready to follow right behind.
Avoid when Your team is too spread out to make good use of the ally link.
Signature Ally Buff

Strategic summary

Zeke's Convergence is excellent when an engage support wants his entry to immediately benefit the carry positioned right behind him.

Zeke gains tremendous value when your champion truly engages with their ultimate and stays close enough to a carry or damage partner to let them benefit from the buff. This is not just a tank item with mana: it is a fight-synchronization item between the initiator and the allied DPS source.

Meta snapshot

Power windowMid Game · Late Game
Draft cueTank Support
Looking forEngage Support
Engage SupportTeamfightTank SupportMid Game · Late Game

Stats

  • Health+350
  • Armor+40
  • Mana+150
  • Ability Haste+15%

Build path

Giants Belt→Glacial Shroud

Buy when

  • Your engage support finds first contact often with a carry ready to follow right behind.
  • Your draft wins through the quality of the first lock more than through support-independent burst.

Avoid when

  • Your team is too spread out to make good use of the ally link.
  • The support first needs pure defensive survivability before converting engages.

Champion examples

Leona

Leona benefits from Zeke very well because her ultimate opens fights clearly and lets her stay in contact long enough to make the allied offensive window very real.

Nautilus

Nautilus uses the item perfectly thanks to his ability to engage, control the area, and stay glued to the center of combat with an allied carry behind him.

Alistar

Alistar can turn a very direct engage into a real chaos window favorable to his team, and Zeke reinforces exactly that logic.

Comparisons
Zeke's Convergence vs Protector's Vow

Protector's Vow wins when you mostly want to defend your carry and absorb the enemy response. Zeke wins when you want to make your engage collectively more explosive and create a better offensive window right at fight start.

Zeke's Convergence vs Frozen Heart

Frozen Heart is more structural against auto-attackers and attack speed. Zeke is more focused on engage tempo, ally coordination, and immediately converting your ultimate into teamfight pressure.

Zeke's Convergence vs Thornmail

Thornmail answers enemy sustain and AD carries hitting you more effectively. Zeke answers the need to create an offensive frontline window synchronized with an allied damage dealer more effectively.

Common mistakes
  • Buying it automatically on any tank support without checking whether the champion's ultimate truly opens fights.
  • Buying it in a comp that lacks a damage partner able to play inside your zone after engage.
  • Prioritizing it when your real role in the game is mostly peel or pure protection.
  • Underestimating that Zeke is mainly valuable because of coordination and timing, not just its base stats.
  • Rushing it in a game where a specific defensive answer would be much more rewarding immediately.
Build contexts

Engage support core 2nd slot

Very often excellent as a 2nd slot on an engage support that already has enough base durability to initiate and now wants to give more teamwide impact to their ultimate.

Frontline + carry link

Very strong when the game plan relies on a true connection between the initiator and an ADC or damage dealer that follows the engage well.

Objective engage snowball

Particularly useful around dragons, Baron, and choke-point fights where a well-placed ultimate can swing the entire zone.

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Special family

Ally Buff

FAQ

When should you buy Zeke's Convergence in Wild Rift?

When your champion truly engages with their ultimate, stays in contact after the opening, and has a nearby ally able to immediately convert that window into meaningful damage.

Is Zeke's Convergence better than Protector's Vow?

Not automatically. Zeke is better for amplifying engage and collective offensive tempo, while Protector's Vow is often better for directly protecting a carry.

Which champions use Zeke's Convergence well?

Mostly tank engage supports that open fights with their ultimate, such as Leona, Nautilus, or Alistar.