Zeri ARAM Mayhem Build

The Spark of Zaun. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #135 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21MarksmanNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 47.1%
Pick rate: 2.1%
Rank: #135 of 173
Games: 497,546
Patch: 26.21

How to play Zeri in ARAM Mayhem

Zeri is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #135 of 173 champions, with a 47.1% win rate over 497,546 games.

Zeri's damage is mixed (69% physical, 26% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Yun Tal Wildarrows, Runaan's Hurricane and Infinity Edge, with a 48.6% win rate over 347,616 games. For boots, most players buy Berserker's Greaves, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Zeri are Hellbent, The Boom and the Bass and Escape Plan. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by healing yourself. Skip Spin Me Right Round and Eureka when you can: they do worst on Zeri. A pair to look for: Erosion with Hellbent.

Take Flash and Cleanse (1% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max E (Spark Surge) first, then W, then Q.

Zeri ARAM Mayhem build

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

Crit build · top ranked

48.6% win rate · 81% of Zeri games · 347,616 games

Start

Dagger
Guardian's Hammer

Core items, in buying order

Yun Tal Wildarrows
Runaan's Hurricane
Infinity Edge

Boots on the Crit build for Zeri, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	27%
Berserker's Greaves	44%
No boots	26%

Situational, after the core

Mercurial Scimitar3% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards40% buy it
Bloodthirster21% buy it
Fiendhunter Bolts6% buy it
Mortal Reminder17% buy it
Experimental Hexplate2% buy it

Other build paths

Other Zeri build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
ADStatikk Shiv, Runaan's Hurricane, Bloodthirster	0.3%	48.0%
On-hitStatikk Shiv, Blade of The Ruined King, Runaan's Hurricane	1.2%	47.5%
APMalignance, Stormsurge, Shadowflame	1.5%	42.0%

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

Most bought items

Infinity Edge76% of games
Runaan's Hurricane64% of games
Yun Tal Wildarrows60% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards45% of games
Berserker's Greaves44% of games
Fiendhunter Bolts27% of games
Statikk Shiv26% of games
Gluttonous Greaves23% of games
Blade of The Ruined King22% of games
Bloodthirster18% of games

Best augments for Zeri

Every card with enough Zeri games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Zeri'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 Zeri

6 S tier and 34 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Zeri in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier S	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
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…
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…
Still Here	Gold	Tier S	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
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).
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
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.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
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).
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Draw Your Sword	Prismatic	Tier A	You are now melee. Gain 24% Attack Damage, 24% Health, 20% Attack Speed, 20% Lifesteal, and 20% Move Speed (each further increased based on…
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Kill Secured	Silver	Tier A	Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health.
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…
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
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Tap Dancer	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Attacks grant you 10 Movement Speed. Gain (10% Move Speed) Attack Speed. The buff stacks and refreshes infinitely but lasts 5 seconds.
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Can't Touch This	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your Ultimate makes you Invulnerable for 2 seconds (8s Cooldown).
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Upgrade Infinity Edge	Gold	Tier A	Gain 500 Gold. Having Infinity Edge allows your Critical Strikes to deal random bonus Critical Strike Damage, scaling up to 50% of your…
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…
Transmute: Gold	Silver	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Gold Augment.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	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…
Light 'Em Up!	Silver	Tier A	Every 4th Attack shoots 4 missiles dealing (44–320 (by level) +140% Bonus Attack Damage+76% Ability Power) magic damage.

Average on Zeri
53 cards, best first

Below average on Zeri
25 cards, best first

Weakest on Zeri
17 cards, best first

Best first augment for Zeri

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Zeri'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, Hellbent, The Boom and the Bass and Still Here come out on top.

The best augments for Zeri 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	HellbentTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	HellbentTier S	HellbentTier S
2	The Boom and the BassTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Escape PlanTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
3	Still HereTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Still HereTier S
4	Urf's ChampionTier S	Still HereTier S	Still HereTier S	Final FormTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Giant SlayerTier A	Mad ScientistTier S	Escape PlanTier S

Strong card pairs

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

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Cleanse1% of players · 49.9% win rate
Flash + Ghost69% of players · 48.1% win rate
Flash + Barrier2% of players · 46.5% win rate

Skill order

ESpark Surge
WUltrashock Laser
QBurst Fire

Max E first. 51% of players use this order (50.8% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Zeri in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 12.6 / 11.7 / 21.9
KDA: 3.22
Damage to champions: 39,252
Damage taken: 31,091
Self-mitigated: 17,372
Healing on allies: 6
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 4 s
Kill participation: 64%
Game length: 16:31

Damage type

Physical 69%Magic 26%True 4%

Questions and answers

What is the best Zeri build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Zeri: Yun Tal Wildarrows, Runaan's Hurricane and Infinity Edge. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Zeri in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Zeri, best first: Hellbent, The Boom and the Bass, Escape Plan, Still Here and Weapon of Destiny. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Zeri good in ARAM Mayhem?

Zeri is tier C on patch 26.21, #135 of 173 champions, with a 47.1% win rate over 497,546 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

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

For Zeri's first pick on patch 26.21: Hellbent, The Boom and the Bass, Still Here, Urf's Champion and Weapon of Destiny, 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.
Zeri 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.