u/Andreatank

Not a zaahen expert, been watching some worlds games; zaahen has been picked i think 3/4 times and the setup was grasp + trinity + stride (and in general i see from u.gg it's the most common setup among pro players). Is it because it's safer in lane/less punishable/ they want to stack hp? Does he have a specific role/use in the draft that synergize better with grasp? I tryed the hob build, the grasp and the conq and from my humble noob point of view conq felt so much stonger in teamfights while hob sets you ahead in lane and lets you stack passive faster. But i did not see any particular strenght in grasp so i wanted to understand why it's picked so often in proplay (of course i know i cannot compare pro play to a normal draft low elo).

Hello i'm new to zaahen i wanted to learn the champ, i'm plat and i'm around 30/40 games with him.

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I'm focussing on the champ so i stick to this rune page and items: conq - triumph - cdr - last stand - second wind/plating - revitalize - attasck speed, ad, flat hp, flash teleport

Doran shield - trinity or stride - sundered - death dance/malmortius

I see there are other builds like hail of blades/grasp but i think those are not a good meter to learning/understanding the champ and are mor of a gimmick

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My main problems are 2 lanes i keep losing hard: garen and tahm

Garen is winning trades on me early, his e spin + conq deals too much damage (i try to keep my dash to escape from his spin). At 6 even if im undertower he can e q silence ignite ult and in gone. My ult is not mitigating the true damage so i started using it as a waveclear to prevent slowpush into dives. If i can win a trade che can stall on his tower and refull with passive so i don't really know how i could punish him. If im not too behind i outscale him at maybe 3 items.

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Tham will just move me out of my tower with ult, use things like ignite + exhaust and autoattack me to death. If i get passive stacks he can easy kite and go back in with jump so i can't really play around it. And i can't kill him he has too much hp for the damage he deals

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