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What are Zaahen's abilities?

Zaahen's kit: Cultivation of War (Passive), Q The Darkin Glaive, W Dreaded Return, E Aureate Rush, R Grim Deliverance.

What position does Zaahen play?

Zaahen is typically played in the Fighter roles.

Champions / Zaahen

The Unsundered

Zaahen

FighterDifficulty · Low

Win rate

50.5%

Tier

CTop

Pick

3.1%

Ban

1.1%

// What they do

// Abilities

Passive

Cultivation of War

Zaahen's attacks and abilities against enemy champions grant him stacks of Determination, gaining bonus Attack Damage per stack. When filled with Determination, Zaahen gains increased Attack Damage and can revive.

// Base stats at level 1Bar = against every champion

Health640

Attack dmg63

Armor36

Magic resist32

Move speed345

Range175

// Skins

2 total · in-game view

// Lore

A fallen god wielding both divine and profane power, Zaahen hunts his fellow Darkin while defying the corruption that threatens to consume him. Once willingly sealed within his glaive to stave off madness, he now walks free, noble in heart and vicious in purpose. Zaahen fights an eternal war within—but so long as he endures, he will rise above all who seek to bring Runeterra to ruin.

// Worst matchupsAll →

Singed43.9%

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At a glance

Released: 19 November 2025
Price: 3,150 BE · 975 RP
Range: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Role: Skirmisher
Positions: Top

Basic attacksPlaystyleAbilities

Mode balance

ARAM · Damage dealt -5%
ARAM · Damage taken +5%

Ability details

Innate: Zaahen generates a stack of Determination for each enemy champion damaged by his basic attacks and abilities, lasting for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent triggers, and stacking up to 12 times. After the duration, the stacks expire by 1;2;3;4;5 (based on level) every 0.5 seconds.
Determination: For each stack, Zaahen gains bonus attack damage equal to 1.5 + (2.8-1.5)/17*(x-1) for 20 (based on level) AD. At maximum stacks, Zaahen becomes filled with Determination, causing him to double the bonus to 1.5*12*2 + (2.8*12*2-1.5*12*2)/17*(x-1) for 20 (based on level) AD.

Periodically, if Zaahen would take lethal damage while at maximum stacks of Determination, he refreshes its duration and enters resurrection for 4 seconds: becoming invulnerable, untargetable, and unable to act. Additionally, he restoresover the duration. Afterwards, he revives himself and refreshes the duration of Determination.

Targeting: Passive
Spell shield: false

Notes

The bonus attack damage granted by Determination stacks will update dynamically with Zaahen's total attack damage.
Determination stacks are generated per damage instance per champion damaged with Zaahen's attacks and abilities.
initial cast empowered attack can generate a stack for each strike.
Both passes of can generate a stack.
Both swing and shockwave generate a stack for every champion hit.
Ivern generates a stack for every champion hit when cast on Zaahen.
During the resurrection's health restoration, Zaahen's current health is set to a percentage of his maximum health equal to the cumulative amount of health restored on that restoration tick, for every single tick.
In other words, his current health will always be overridden by the percentage of health he is supposed to have restored on every restoration tick, to prevent him from healing or restoring health by other sources.
Upon the resurrection being triggered, all summoner spells that are not already on cooldown are placed on a 5-second cooldown.
The untargetability from the resurrection does not destroy in-flight projectiles.
Cultivation of War's resurrection takes priority over Rebirth, but grants priority to Zilean.
The resurrection does not activate if Zaahen is killed by the Nexus Obelisk.
Invulnerability will prevent stacks from being generated, as no damage is dealt.
Spell shield will not prevent stacks from being generated, even if no damage is dealt.
Cultivation of War stacks additively with Infernal Might and Retribution and multiplicatively with mid lane quest's bonus AD multiplier.
Determination stacks are displayed in a secondary resource bar under Zaahen's health bar.
The bar is white at <4 stacks, yellow at ≥4 stacks and orange at ≥9 stacks.
At maximum stacks, if the revive is available, the bar will be red and will remain red after Zaahen revives until he loses stacks again.
There's a short delay between the stacks falling off and the removal of the revive. If Zaahen triggers it during this time, it will fail to go on cooldown.
The following table refers for interactions while Zaahen is locked out during the resurrection:

This page uses material from the Zaahen article on the League of Legends Wiki, and that material is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zaahen

// Abilities

Cultivation of War

// Skins

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