# Zaahen Counters Who counters Zaahen? Best and worst picks against Zaahen by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Zaahen in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) ## Page Content [Zaahen guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) [Play against Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/how-to-play-against/) [Zaahen counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/counters/) Best and worst picks against Zaahen in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Dr. Mundo, Illaoi and Pantheon beat Zaahen most often. Illaoi, Teemo and Aatrox win the laning phase against Zaahen by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Zaahen Highest win rate versus Zaahen in Top. - 1 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 206 games 60.7% - 2 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 246 games 56.5% - 3 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 222 games 55.4% - 4 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 403 games 54.8% - 5 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 104 games 54.8% - 6 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 414 games 54.6% - 7 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 114 games 54.4% - 8 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 477 games 54.1% - 9 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 360 games 53.1% - 10 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 300 games 53.0% - 11 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 256 games 52.7% - 12 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 222 games 52.2% - 13 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 429 games 52.2% - 14 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 204 games 52.0% - 15 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 295 games 51.9% ## Worst picks against Zaahen Lowest win rate versus Zaahen in Top. - 1 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 142 games 41.5% - 2 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 105 games 46.7% - 3 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 271 games 47.6% - 4 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 230 games 47.8% - 5 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 251 games 48.2% - 6 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 199 games 48.2% - 7 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 213 games 48.4% - 8 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 285 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Zaahen Largest gold lead over Zaahen at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 106 games +1,411 - 2 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 137 games +829 - 3 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 137 games +825 - 4 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 190 games +809 - 5 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 129 games +727 - 6 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 274 games +629 - 7 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 110 games +593 - 8 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 125 games +577 - 9 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 173 games +527 - 10 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 190 games +369 - 11 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 166 games +284 - 12 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 107 games +262 - 13 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 150 games +240 ## How to play against Zaahen Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Respect early melee trades until his main cooldowns are shown, then punish the recovery window. - Keep the wave closer to your side so aggressive dashes or all-ins leave him exposed. - Force him to enter fights through vision instead of giving him flank angles from fog. - Disengage after his first commit, then re-enter when his mobility and defensive tools are down. - Peel the target he dives first and collapse only after his escape window is gone. ## Where Zaahen is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Zaahen needs extended melee access to build stacks, so disengage prevents his duel pattern from taking over. - Zaahen's dive commits him into the enemy formation, making layered CC punish him before his revive value converts. ## Zaahen counters: questions ### Who counters Zaahen in Top? At Gold+, Dr. Mundo (60.7%), Illaoi (56.5%) and Pantheon (55.4%) have the highest win rates against Zaahen. ### Who does Zaahen counter? Zaahen wins most often against Shen (41.5%), Olaf (46.7%) and Yasuo (47.6%). ### Who wins lane against Zaahen? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Illaoi (+1,411), Teemo (+829) and Aatrox (+825) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Zaahen. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Illaoi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/counters/) - [Teemo counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)