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

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Playstyle: Zed Builds

Adaptive & Armor Penetration
16,783 Games
52%
Adaptive & Execute
14,714 Games
52%
Burst & Ability Haste
12,078 Games
49%
Burst & Armor Penetration
10,415 Games
48%

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

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E

E

Death Mark

R

R

R

Zed Skill Order

Q

E

W

Zed's Matchups

Zedwinslane against...

Aurelion Sol

886 games

78.6% in Lane

53.0% in Game

Kassadin

985 games

71.0% in Lane

50.2% in Game

Taliyah

550 games

66.0% in Lane

52.4% in Game

Veigar

1711 games

65.2% in Lane

52.3% in Game

Annie

668 games

64.7% in Lane

49.4% in Game

Naafiri

988 games

63.4% in Lane

54.6% in Game

Ryze

684 games

61.1% in Lane

49.3% in Game

Azir

2404 games

60.6% in Lane

55.3% in Game

Swain

583 games

60.0% in Lane

44.3% in Game

Twisted Fate

1673 games

59.0% in Lane

49.6% in Game

Ahri

3667 games

58.9% in Lane

50.5% in Game

Cassiopeia

678 games

58.1% in Lane

47.1% in Game

Katarina

3273 games

57.6% in Lane

51.8% in Game

Syndra

4051 games

57.0% in Lane

50.4% in Game

Talon

1909 games

55.7% in Lane

47.1% in Game

Vex

1853 games

55.6% in Lane

48.2% in Game

Jayce

1743 games

54.8% in Lane

50.5% in Game

Fizz

3428 games

54.6% in Lane

49.0% in Game

Lissandra

2644 games

54.2% in Lane

49.2% in Game

Ekko

1787 games

54.1% in Lane

48.6% in Game

Ziggs

860 games

53.5% in Lane

52.9% in Game

Malzahar

2103 games

53.0% in Lane

51.9% in Game

Akali

5326 games

52.5% in Lane

49.8% in Game

Neeko

1067 games

52.4% in Lane

50.5% in Game

Pantheon

1372 games

52.3% in Lane

47.5% in Game

Lux

2010 games

52.2% in Lane

48.2% in Game

Viktor

1765 games

51.6% in Lane

49.2% in Game

Yone

4987 games

51.4% in Lane

52.7% in Game

Akshan

901 games

51.4% in Lane

49.9% in Game

Orianna

5687 games

51.1% in Lane

48.3% in Game

Qiyana

1013 games

50.9% in Lane

48.9% in Game

Anivia

886 games

50.8% in Lane

44.6% in Game

Sylas

5739 games

50.6% in Lane

47.6% in Game

LeBlanc

1818 games

50.6% in Lane

49.1% in Game

Tristana

651 games

50.5% in Lane

47.2% in Game

Zedloseslane against...

Irelia

2129 games

37.6% in Lane

47.4% in Game

Malphite

1597 games

44.4% in Lane

45.1% in Game

Yasuo

4807 games

45.5% in Lane

52.3% in Game

Diana

1109 games

45.6% in Lane

50.0% in Game

Zoe

997 games

47.2% in Lane

48.5% in Game

Xerath

1402 games

48.5% in Lane

48.8% in Game

Vladimir

2207 games

49.9% in Lane

48.4% 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

.