Zephys is one of the fighter and assassin champions that has gradually been forgotten. However, in this S1 2023 season, through the Inosuke skin giveaway event, many players have started to choose this champion again. If you also want to experience this champion, let's learn how to play with Quantrimang.
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Zephys's moveset
Let's learn about this general's moves first.
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Passive: Tenacity
The less health Zephys has, the more damage immunity he gains.
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Move 1: Spear Thrust
Zephys lunges at enemies in a straight line, dealing physical damage, his next basic attack is enhanced.
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Move 2: Chain Attack
Zephys continuously attacks enemies in front of him, each attack deals physical damage, and heals champions when it hits.
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Move 3: Air Strike
Zephys charges at enemies from the air, dealing physical damage and knocking back targets in the area of effect, applying the Rumble effect.
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Zephys skill order
With the above set of moves, players need to maximize move 1 first to increase the damage that Zephys brings. Therefore, the order of increasing moves for Zephys will be as follows:

Summoner Spells for Zephys
This is a champion that is often used to go to the jungle. Therefore, you need to use Punish for Zephys. In case the player wants to use Zephys to go to Caesar lane, choosing Breakthrough will be the most reasonable.
Gem table for Zephys season S1 2023
To increase the ability to deal damage to enemy champions, Zephys needs to be equipped with the following gems:
- Red Gem: 1 Gem (Critical Rate +1.6%) and 9 Gems (Physical Attack +2 Armor Penetration +3.6)
- Purple Gem: Attack Speed +1% Movement Speed +1%
- Green Gem: Physical Attack +0.9; Armor Penetration +6.4

Badges for Zephys in season S1 2023
For the badge system equipped for Zephys in this S1 2023 season, Chaos Abyss and Origin Citadel will be suitable choices. Specifically:
- Main branch: Chaos Abyss: level 1 Bloodsucking, level 2 Strong Attack, level 3 Magic Spell.
- Sub-branch: Origin City: level 1 Frost Orb, level 2 Hunter.

How to build Zephys season S1 2023
In this S1 2023 season, players should equip the following items for Zephys when going to the jungle:
- Leviathan's Axe: +250 Armor, +250 Maximum Health, deals 2% of maximum health as magic damage per second to nearby enemies (100% increased damage to monsters and minions).
- Tenacity Boots: +90 Magic Armor, +60 Movement Speed, +35% Tenacity.
- Longinus Spear: +80 Physical Attack, +15% Cooldown Reduction, +500 Max Health.
- Sword Complex: +70 Physical Attack, +15% Attack Speed, +10% Cooldown Reduction, +600 Max Health.
- Fenrir's Fang: +200 Physical Attack. Targets below 50% health take 30% additional damage.
- Guardian Angel: +120 Armor. Revives you after 2 seconds at the place you were killed with 2000 health (+100 health per champion level).

If you want to use this champion for the Caesar lane position, you can use equipment such as:
- Tenacity Boots: +90 Magic Armor, +60 Movement Speed, +35% Tenacity.
- Longinus Spear: +80 Physical Attack, +15% Cooldown Reduction, +500 Max Health.
- Frost Cloak: +10% Cooldown Reduction, +200 Armor, +800 Max Health. Elemental Power: After casting a spell, the next attack will deal an additional 150 physical damage (+20 per champion level) and slow by 30%.
- Medallion of Troy: 10% Cooldown Reduction, +200 Magic Armor, +1000 Max Health. Guardian Angel: Leave combat and gain a shield that absorbs (400 + Hero Level*60) magic damage. Gain 8-112 magic armor (increases with level)
- Lost Shield: +275 Armor, +1200 Max Health. Sentinel: If the champion takes damage, reduce the attack speed of the enemies who struck by 30% and the movement speed of the enemies who struck by 15%.
- Guardian Angel: +120 Armor. Revives you after 2 seconds at the place you were killed with 2000 health (+100 health per champion level).

Overview of how to equip Zephys
How to equip Zephys in the jungle

How to equip Zephys to solo lane

In addition, readers can also refer to the gameplay of some other fighter and assassin generals such as:
Instructions on how to play Zephys Lien Quan Mobile season S1 2023
Early game
As a jungler, Zephys should start with the blue buff first to receive the energy recovery and cooldown reduction buffs to help Zephys use his skills more comfortably. After finishing the first jungle round, you should gank in the lane area where the enemy general is high to take down or create pressure, then control big targets such as the dark dragon, the guardian bat calls teammates to eat to increase the advantage in the early game.
If using Zephys on the road, in the early stages of the match, taking advantage of the great damage from skill 1, Zephys can farm soldiers quickly and put pressure on the opponent. With the good recovery ability from skill 2, Zephys is very beneficial in exchanging skills with the opponent. You use skill 2 to both harass the opponent and heal yourself. Taking advantage of Zephys's relatively stable mobility, you can switch lanes to support teammates, bringing certain advantages to the team.
Mid and late game
The mid-game is the stage when Zephys is extremely strong when he has equipped himself with the necessary equipment. At this time, Zephys needs to identify important enemy targets to rush in and destroy them. Regularly participate in small skirmishes to create pressure on the entire front and destroy the enemy with teammates. You should also pay attention to big buffs such as demon bats and dragons to ping teammates to destroy them, helping to increase the advantage for your team.

As for the solo lane role, if you don't move to support your teammates, ping your teammates when the champion in the same lane moves to gank, and you stay to destroy the tower or move into the enemy jungle to collect resources. If you want to move to support your teammates, after clearing the minions quickly, move quickly to support your teammates in the remaining lanes. Note that you should not leave the lane for too long to avoid the enemy destroying the tower.
In the late game, when the enemy generals have built up certain defensive equipment, if you can catch them alone, that's good, but if the enemy team is together, you need to choose the right time and target to open combat. Try to catch the enemy's main damage dealers to chase, destroy and separate them from the fight.
Zephys is a very powerful initiator with his ultimate, hiding in the bushes waiting for the right moment to initiate combat and then taking down big targets like the evil god or the tyrant dragon to create the premise to end the match.
If your team is weaker, you can use Zephys to push the lane to put pressure on the opponent, forcing the opponent's team to send people back to defend, making it more difficult for the enemy team to attack your house.
Zephys's standard combo
You can apply the following combo when using this champion: skill 1 to approach and deal damage to the enemy > normal attack to deal damage and slow down > skill 2 to heal yourself and deal damage to the enemy > skill 3 combined with normal attack and combo of skills 1 and 2 to finish off the enemy champion.
You can also apply a combo to surprise your opponent: skill 1 to shorten the distance > skill 3 to knock up the target > normal attack to slow down enemy general > skill 2 to deal damage > skill 1 to chase or retreat.
Hopefully through this guide, you can understand more about Zephys and be more comfortable using this champion to climb the ranks in season S1 2023.