Champion Zerato — Epic Seven Dark Mage: RTA Build, Counters & Win Rate

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45%Win rate

<0.1%Pick rate

0%Ban rate

<0.1%Pick + ban

31Games

Current season · Champion+

Champion Zerato is a Dark Mage built to soak punishment and grind enemy teams down. His basic attack strikes two enemies, shoves two of his own debuffs onto them, and heals himself for a share of his max Health, so he stays topped up while clearing his own status effects. His passive makes him immune to stun, sleep, and decreased Hit Chance, and lets him counterattack whenever he is carrying a debuff. His five-turn area attack hits the whole enemy team for a chance at decreased Defense and decreased Attack, ignores their Effect Resistance, and shields him with increased Defense afterward.

Counters

Debuff-heavy control teams — His basic attack transfers two of his own debuffs straight back onto enemies, so much of what they pile on him just gets handed off, and he heals himself off max Health each time he does it.
Effect Resistance bruisers and tanks — His full-team area attack ignores Effect Resistance, so its decreased Defense and decreased Attack land even on chunky, resist-stacked targets, softening them for follow-up.
Hard crowd-control setups — He cannot be stunned, put to sleep, or have his Hit Chance lowered, so openers that rely on locking him down whiff while he keeps acting and counterattacking.
Attack-reliant melee and slow brawlers — Whenever he holds a debuff, being hit can trigger a counterattack, punishing teams that try to grind him down with repeated single hits, while his self defense buff blunts their damage.

Countered by

Counter-blockers — Enemies whose attacks cannot trigger counters shut off his retaliation entirely, removing a core source of his damage and tempo.
Buff theft and dispel — Stealing or stripping the increased Defense from his area attack leaves him fragile, and removing the debuff he is holding can switch off his counterattack condition.
Heal denial — An effect that blocks healing turns off his self-recovery on the basic attack, so he can no longer sustain through incoming damage.
Cleanse and shortened debuff duration — Allies who cleanse or cut debuff timers undo the decreased Defense and decreased Attack from his area hit and rob him of debuffs to transfer back; enemy debuff immunity also stops his control from sticking. His best area attack also sits on a five-turn cooldown, leaving long gaps with only his slow basic.

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Skills

S1Earthen Rage

Attacks two enemies including the target with an earthen blast, transferring two debuffs from the caster, and recovers Health proportional to max Health.

PIron Will

Immune to --stun--, --sleep--, and --decreased Hit Chance--. After being attacked, when the caster has a debuff, has a X chance to counterattack.

S3CataclysmCD 5

Attacks all enemies by slamming rocks and has a X chance each to inflict --decreased Defense-- and --decreased Attack-- for 1 turn. Grants increased Defense to the caster for 2 turns.