# Zeri Counters Who counters Zeri? Best and worst picks against Zeri by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Zeri in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) ## Page Content [Zeri guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) [Play against Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/how-to-play-against/) [Zeri counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/counters/) Best and worst picks against Zeri in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Nilah, Veigar and Tristana beat Zeri most often. Lucian, Tristana and Samira win the laning phase against Zeri by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Zeri Highest win rate versus Zeri in Bot. - 1 [Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) 150 games 60.0% - 2 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 161 games 54.7% - 3 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 1,302 games 53.2% - 4 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 2,196 games 52.0% - 5 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 474 games 51.9% ## Worst picks against Zeri Lowest win rate versus Zeri in Bot. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 310 games 43.2% - 2 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 137 games 45.3% - 3 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 468 games 45.3% - 4 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 1,230 games 46.0% - 5 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 152 games 46.0% - 6 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 2,393 games 46.3% - 7 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 832 games 46.8% - 8 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 726 games 46.8% - 9 [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) 300 games 47.7% - 10 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 857 games 47.7% - 11 [Yunara](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yunara/) 1,649 games 47.9% - 12 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 241 games 48.1% - 13 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 798 games 48.4% - 14 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 428 games 48.8% - 15 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 505 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Zeri Largest gold lead over Zeri at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 168 games +503 - 2 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 175 games +474 - 3 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 123 games +304 - 4 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 414 games +205 - 5 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 358 games +112 - 6 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 120 games +85 - 7 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 372 games +85 - 8 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 362 games +17 ## How to play against Zeri Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Stand behind minions to reduce clean Q access, then punish when she steps up to last-hit. - Pressure her before she reaches wall angles; open lane trades make E less reliable. - Control walls around objectives; her E turns terrain into escape and re-entry. - Start fights before she can stack R movement, or disengage until it falls off. - Lock her down after E is used; chasing before that gives her the angle she wants. ## Where Zeri is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Zeri needs movement speed and wall angles to extend fights, so early lockdown stops her from ramping. - Zeri's damage is sustained rather than instant, making burst threats dangerous before she can kite through a fight. ## Zeri counters: questions ### Who counters Zeri in Bot? At Gold+, Nilah (60.0%), Veigar (54.7%) and Tristana (53.2%) have the highest win rates against Zeri. ### Who does Zeri counter? Zeri wins most often against Varus (43.2%), Swain (45.3%) and Samira (45.3%). ### Who wins lane against Zeri? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Lucian (+503), Tristana (+474) and Samira (+304) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Zeri. ### 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. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Lucian counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/counters/) - [Tristana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/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)