Zeri
Hardest matchups for Zeri in Bot (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Vel'Koz, 
Jinx, 
Xerath. Easiest: 
Ezreal, 
Mel, 
Kai'Sa.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into ZeriOn the pro tier list
Zeri on patch 16.22
- Bot51.2%#16 of 51A11,688 games
- steady since 16.21
Zeri’s main role on patch 16.22 is Bot: a 51.2% win rate across 11,688 Emerald games, #16 of 51 Bot champions on the tier list (grade A), picked in 4.6% of games. Since patch 16.21, Zeri Bot has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.0 points across 63,775 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot96% of its games | A | 50.9%50.9% raw ±0.5 | 32,231 | 4.5%0.9% banned | 53.2%49.1% first time |
| Mid1% of its games | too few games | 48.2%44.6% raw ±4.5 | 480 | 0.1%0.9% banned | 50.4%46.3% first time |
| Top1% of its games | too few games | 49.4%47.9% raw ±4.9 | 405 | 0.1%0.9% banned | 51.5%45.7% first time |
| Jungle1% of its games | too few games | 49.7%49.0% raw ±5.3 | 347 | 0.1%0.9% banned | 51.5%46.9% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 49.5%33.3% raw ±17.9 | 30 | 0.0%0.9% banned | 51.3%47.0% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Zeri’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Zeri, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Zeri
Lane leads and team bans
What Zeri’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Zeri than the other team does in the same games (195,134 games). The other team banned before Zeri was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Zeri was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Zeri is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- Crit
52.5%33,241 games - On-hit
52.4%94 games - AP burst
52.1%18 games - Lethality
52.4%7 games - AD bruiser
52.4%2 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Zeri does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
35,019 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Barrier50.9% · 26,225 games
Lethal TempoPrecision + Resolve · 51.7%
Triumph · Legend: Alacrity · Last Stand · Conditioning · OvergrowthShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Start: Doran's Bow + Health Potion · 52.3%
Key items: Yun Tal Wildarrows → Runaan's Hurricane · 52.0%
Boots: Gluttonous Greaves · 53.9%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Barrier50.9%26,225 games · 75% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Flash + Ghost52.7%2,323 games · 6.6% pick rate · same players: −1.0 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Exhaust + Flash50.4%2,845 games · 8.1% pick rate · same players: −1.5 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Cleanse + Flash50.6%3,513 games · 10% pick rate · same players: −2.4 pts vs the usual
Keystones
- Lethal Tempo + Resolve51.7%8,691 games · 25% pick rate · same players: +0.1 pts vs the usualRecommended
Lethal Tempo + Inspiration50.6%23,209 games · 66% pick rate · the usual choice
Conqueror + Inspiration52.7%959 games · 2.7% pick rate · same players: −0.2 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Minor runes with Lethal Tempo
- Triumph51.0%98% take it
- Legend: Alacrity51.5%44% take it
Legend: Bloodline50.4%56% take it
- Last Stand51.9%21% take it
Cut Down50.6%76% take it
Coup de Grace51.3%2.6% take it
- Overgrowth51.6%88% take it
- Conditioning51.8%81% take it
Bone Plating49.8%14% take it
Revitalize51.9%7.1% take it
Unflinching54.2%4.5% take it
Second Wind52.8%3.1% take it
Shield Bash52.6%2.9% take it
- Attack Speed51.0%98% take it
- Adaptive Force48.9%2.0% take it
- Adaptive Force50.9%97% take it
- Move Speed51.6%2.5% take it
- Health Scaling51.6%29% take it
- Health50.7%71% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Zeri’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Zeri’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Zeri does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Zeri wins 48.0%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 53.4%. That gap ranks it 76 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 29K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Zeri in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot | 49.2%38W 44L | 3%3% in any lane | 79% counter | +93 gold | — |
| Top | 49.8%0W 1L | 0%3% in any lane | 100% counter | −582 gold | — |
How much knowing Zeri pays
Players on their Mastery band win 5.5 points more on Zeri than first-timers do: #76 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Zeri players win 53.4%: #16 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 54.3% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
ZeriDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Zeri ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Xayah, Twitch, Nilah.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.