Zaahen ARAM Mayhem Build

The Unsundered. One of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #8 of 173 champions.

SPatch 26.21FighterNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: S
Win rate: 55.4%
Pick rate: 3.0%
Rank: #8 of 173
Games: 702,705
Patch: 26.21

How to play Zaahen in ARAM Mayhem

Zaahen is one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier S, #8 of 173 champions, with a 55.4% win rate over 702,705 games. Riot rates it 2/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

85% of Zaahen's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 67,054 damage per game and mitigates another 73,012, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Bruiser build, bruiser items that mix damage and health, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger, with a 56.4% win rate over 339,449 games. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Zaahen are The Boom and the Bass, Ultra Hydra and Take'em Down Down Down. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by attack speed and on-hit. Skip Spin Me Right Round and Pursuit of Haste when you can: they do worst on Zaahen. A pair to look for: Ultra Hydra with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Mark (96% of players). Max Q (The Darkin Glaive) first, then E, then W.

Zaahen ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Zaahen game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Bruiser build · top ranked

56.4% win rate · 61% of Zaahen games · 339,449 games

Start

Long Sword
Guardian's Blade

Core items, in buying order

Hubris
Death's Dance
Endless Hunger

Boots on the Bruiser build for Zaahen, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	23%
No boots	36%
Mercury's Treads	32%

Situational, after the core

Lord Dominik's Regards8% buy it
Spear of Shojin22% buy it
Trinity Force3% buy it
Sundered Sky4% buy it
Maw of Malmortius3% buy it
Sterak's Gage6% buy it

Other build paths

Other Zaahen build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, Axiom Arc, Death's Dance	2.3%	57.0%
CritHubris, The Collector, Infinity Edge	0.8%	53.5%
TankHeartsteel, Overlord's Bloodmail, Warmog's Armor	5.2%	55.1%

Games: the share of all Zaahen games that went this way.

Most bought items

Death's Dance69% of games
Endless Hunger45% of games
Sundered Sky40% of games
Hubris36% of games
Mercury's Treads35% of games
Spear of Shojin28% of games
Heartsteel22% of games
Trinity Force16% of games
Spirit Visage15% of games
Gluttonous Greaves12% of games

Best augments for Zaahen

Every card with enough Zaahen games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Zaahen's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Zaahen

9 S tier and 37 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Zaahen in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier S	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier S	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier S	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier A	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Flow of Spirit	Silver	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants you 60–120 (by level) % Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier A	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Upgrade Ravenous Hydra	Gold	Tier A	Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Get Excited!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed and 15% Attack Speed for 4 seconds on takedown.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.

Average on Zaahen
59 cards, best first

Below average on Zaahen
37 cards, best first

Weakest on Zaahen
8 cards, best first

Best first augment for Zaahen

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Zaahen's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Ultra Hydra come out on top.

The best augments for Zaahen in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	The Boom and the BassTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S
3	Ultra HydraTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Swift and SafeTier S
4	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Shrink EngineTier S
5	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Flow of SpiritTier S	Blue BarrierTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Zaahen, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark96% of players · 55.6% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 57.0% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 52.5% win rate

Skill order

QThe Darkin Glaive
EAureate Rush
WDreaded Return

Max Q first. 91% of players use this order (57.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Zaahen in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.3 / 12.0 / 22.9
KDA: 3.13
Damage to champions: 41,709
Damage taken: 67,054
Self-mitigated: 73,012
Healing on allies: 1
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 27 s
Kill participation: 63%
Game length: 16:18

Damage type

Physical 85%Magic 10%True 6%

Questions and answers

What is the best Zaahen build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Bruiser build first for Zaahen: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Zaahen in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Zaahen, best first: The Boom and the Bass, Ultra Hydra, Take'em Down Down Down, Armored Impact and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Zaahen good in ARAM Mayhem?

Zaahen is tier S on patch 26.21, #8 of 173 champions, with a 55.4% win rate over 702,705 games. That makes it one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Zaahen in ARAM Mayhem?

For Zaahen's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, Ultra Hydra, Upgrade Immolate and Take'em Down Down Down, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Zaahen counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.