Zed Build for Mid with Highest Winrate, Guides, Runes, Items

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Playstyle: Zed Builds

Adaptive & Armor Penetration
20,659 Games
51%
Adaptive & Execute
17,535 Games
52%
Burst & Ability Haste
14,662 Games
49%
Burst & Armor Penetration
12,690 Games
47%

Pro Zed Builds

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Core Zed Item Build Order

Long Sword

Starting

Ravenous Hydra

Tiamat

Vampiric Scepter

Caulfield's Warhammer

1st

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Boots

2nd

Eclipse

Serrated Dirk

Caulfield's Warhammer

3rd

Black Cleaver

Caulfield's Warhammer

Kindlegem

Long Sword

4th

Serylda's Grudge

Caulfield's Warhammer

Last Whisper

5th

Maw of Malmortius

Pickaxe

Hexdrinker

Long Sword

6th

Long Sword

Starting

Ravenous Hydra

Tiamat

Vampiric Scepter

Caulfield's Warhammer

1st

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Boots

2nd

Eclipse

Serrated Dirk

Caulfield's Warhammer

3rd

Black Cleaver

Caulfield's Warhammer

Kindlegem

Long Sword

4th

Serylda's Grudge

Caulfield's Warhammer

Last Whisper

5th

Maw of Malmortius

Pickaxe

Hexdrinker

Long Sword

6th

Core Zed Item Build Path

Situational

Summoner Spells

Flash

Ignite

Damage Breakdown

89% AD

Zed Runes

Precision

Domination

Sorcery

Inspiration

Resolve

Hextech Flashtraption

Magical Footwear

Perfect Timing

Future's Market

Minion Dematerializer

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Approach Velocity

Time Warp Tonic

Precision

Domination

Sorcery

Resolve

Nullifying Orb

Manaflow Band

Nimbus Cloak

Transcendence

Celerity

Absolute Focus

Scorch

Waterwalking

Gathering Storm

lol:shardInfo.adaptive_force,Adaptive Force

lol:shardInfo.attack_speed,Attack Speed

lol:shardInfo.ability_haste,Ability Haste

lol:shardInfo.adaptive_force,Adaptive Force

lol:shardInfo.armor,Armor

lol:shardInfo.magic_resist,Magic Resist

lol:shardInfo.scaling_health,Scaling Health

lol:shardInfo.armor,Armor

lol:shardInfo.magic_resist,Magic Resist

Contempt for the Weak

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Razor Shuriken

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Living Shadow

W

W

W

W

W

Shadow Slash

E

E

E

E

E

Death Mark

R

R

R

Zed Skill Order

Q

E

W

Zed's Matchups

Zedwinslane against...

Aurelion Sol

1100 games

79.1% in Lane

52.5% in Game

Kassadin

1187 games

71.2% in Lane

49.5% in Game

Taliyah

664 games

66.4% in Lane

51.2% in Game

Annie

798 games

65.3% in Lane

48.5% in Game

Veigar

2145 games

64.7% in Lane

52.7% in Game

Naafiri

1175 games

64.0% in Lane

54.9% in Game

Ryze

871 games

61.1% in Lane

49.3% in Game

Azir

2926 games

60.2% in Lane

55.5% in Game

Swain

726 games

59.2% in Lane

44.8% in Game

Ahri

4558 games

58.8% in Lane

50.5% in Game

Twisted Fate

2065 games

58.7% in Lane

49.1% in Game

Katarina

4020 games

58.3% in Lane

50.9% in Game

Cassiopeia

844 games

57.9% in Lane

47.4% in Game

Syndra

5005 games

56.7% in Lane

50.9% in Game

Talon

2327 games

56.0% in Lane

47.6% in Game

Vex

2297 games

55.3% in Lane

48.1% in Game

Jayce

2178 games

54.8% in Lane

50.3% in Game

Fizz

4184 games

54.2% in Lane

48.9% in Game

Lissandra

3233 games

53.8% in Lane

48.5% in Game

Ekko

2203 games

53.5% in Lane

47.9% in Game

Malzahar

2627 games

52.7% in Lane

52.2% in Game

Neeko

1311 games

52.6% in Lane

50.3% in Game

Akali

6524 games

52.3% in Lane

49.8% in Game

Lux

2505 games

52.1% in Lane

47.7% in Game

Ziggs

1036 games

52.1% in Lane

52.1% in Game

Pantheon

1688 games

51.8% in Lane

47.3% in Game

Akshan

1109 games

51.8% in Lane

49.7% in Game

Viktor

2154 games

51.7% in Lane

49.2% in Game

Yone

6119 games

51.0% in Lane

52.5% in Game

LeBlanc

2235 games

50.8% in Lane

48.1% in Game

Qiyana

1268 games

50.7% in Lane

48.2% in Game

Orianna

6983 games

50.7% in Lane

48.5% in Game

Sylas

7057 games

50.3% in Lane

46.8% in Game

Zedloseslane against...

Irelia

2598 games

37.8% in Lane

48.7% in Game

Diana

1343 games

44.8% in Lane

49.7% in Game

Malphite

1983 games

44.9% in Lane

44.6% in Game

Yasuo

5955 games

45.2% in Lane

51.8% in Game

Zoe

1240 games

47.8% in Lane

48.6% in Game

Vladimir

2750 games

49.1% in Lane

47.6% in Game

Xerath

1736 games

49.3% in Lane

48.8% in Game

Tristana

825 games

49.5% in Lane

48.1% in Game

Anivia

1103 games

49.8% in Lane

45.3% in Game

Zed's Trends

Win Rate

50.2%

(+0.9%)

vs last patch

Pick Rate

12.1%

(+2.1%)

vs last patch

Ban Rate

33.0%

(-4.6%)

vs last patch

Zed Guide

Key Insights

Zed restores energy anytime he and a Shadow land an ability on the same target, up to once per cast.

Zed

Q

deals 60% reduced damage to enemies beyond the first.

Enemy champions hit by

Zed

E

reduces

Zed

W

's cooldown by 2 seconds.

Zed can swap places with

Zed

R

's Shadow from any distance.

Zed is untargetable during

Zed

R

's cast.

Strengths

Excels at all-ins and short trades.

Has consistently high burst damage, especially when combo'd with

Zed

R

.

Has a lot of outplay potential with

Zed

W

/

Zed

R

.

Synergizes well with

,

,

,

,

, and

. Can opt for

or

when needed.

Weaknesses

Significantly harder to play when behind.

Struggles against most crowd control.

Zed

W

has a longer cooldown of 20 seconds at rank 1. Once used, he can be punished.

Directly countered by anyone who purchases

or

.