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

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Playstyle: Zed Builds

Adaptive & Execute
31,632 Games
53%
Burst & Ability Haste
20,446 Games
51%
Adaptive & Armor Penetration
15,193 Games
51%
Burst & Armor Penetration
13,389 Games
49%

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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

Duskblade of Draktharr

Serrated Dirk

Caulfield's Warhammer

3rd

Black Cleaver

Caulfield's Warhammer

Kindlegem

Long Sword

4th

Serylda's Grudge

Caulfield's Warhammer

Last Whisper

5th

The Collector

Serrated Dirk

Pickaxe

Cloak of Agility

6th

Long Sword

Starting

Ravenous Hydra

Tiamat

Vampiric Scepter

Caulfield's Warhammer

1st

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Boots

2nd

Duskblade of Draktharr

Serrated Dirk

Caulfield's Warhammer

3rd

Black Cleaver

Caulfield's Warhammer

Kindlegem

Long Sword

4th

Serylda's Grudge

Caulfield's Warhammer

Last Whisper

5th

The Collector

Serrated Dirk

Pickaxe

Cloak of Agility

6th

Core Zed Item Build Path

Situational

Summoner Spells

Flash

Ignite

Damage Breakdown

88% 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

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Contempt for the Weak

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Razor Shuriken

Q

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Q

Living Shadow

W

W

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W

W

Shadow Slash

E

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Death Mark

R

R

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Zed Skill Order

Q

E

W

Zed's Matchups

Zedwinslane against...

Aurelion Sol

1606 games

78.7% in Lane

53.6% in Game

Kassadin

1827 games

74.4% in Lane

55.1% in Game

Taliyah

1185 games

70.2% in Lane

55.7% in Game

Annie

1183 games

66.1% in Lane

50.8% in Game

Naafiri

1786 games

65.7% in Lane

55.5% in Game

Veigar

2660 games

65.4% in Lane

52.2% in Game

Twisted Fate

2149 games

61.8% in Lane

49.9% in Game

Syndra

3487 games

59.7% in Lane

52.9% in Game

Katarina

5681 games

59.1% in Lane

50.0% in Game

Ryze

1315 games

58.9% in Lane

47.5% in Game

Talon

3637 games

58.3% in Lane

51.0% in Game

Ahri

6753 games

58.2% in Lane

50.9% in Game

Swain

1035 games

58.2% in Lane

49.8% in Game

Cassiopeia

1775 games

58.0% in Lane

49.2% in Game

Lissandra

4995 games

57.8% in Lane

50.9% in Game

Vex

4162 games

55.6% in Lane

48.7% in Game

Azir

2327 games

55.2% in Lane

52.6% in Game

Jayce

2811 games

54.9% in Lane

51.0% in Game

Fizz

6336 games

54.8% in Lane

49.2% in Game

Pantheon

3186 games

54.6% in Lane

48.3% in Game

Malzahar

3695 games

54.3% in Lane

50.8% in Game

Akali

6722 games

53.4% in Lane

51.5% in Game

Sylas

7503 games

53.0% in Lane

47.6% in Game

Ekko

3773 games

53.0% in Lane

48.5% in Game

Yone

6740 games

52.9% in Lane

53.7% in Game

Lux

3493 games

52.6% in Lane

48.8% in Game

Vladimir

4154 games

51.9% in Lane

49.7% in Game

Viktor

2737 games

51.8% in Lane

48.6% in Game

Neeko

1590 games

51.4% in Lane

49.2% in Game

Orianna

3118 games

51.2% in Lane

48.5% in Game

Anivia

1818 games

51.1% in Lane

48.7% in Game

Akshan

2166 games

50.9% in Lane

48.2% in Game

Qiyana

2682 games

50.7% in Lane

50.1% in Game

Tristana

2529 games

50.5% in Lane

52.1% in Game

Zedloseslane against...

Irelia

4658 games

40.1% in Lane

49.0% in Game

Tryndamere

915 games

41.7% in Lane

47.8% in Game

Malphite

3641 games

42.8% in Lane

45.6% in Game

Renekton

896 games

43.0% in Lane

48.2% in Game

Yasuo

10421 games

45.2% in Lane

51.7% in Game

Diana

2262 games

46.6% in Lane

47.3% in Game

Zoe

1829 games

48.3% in Lane

48.9% in Game

LeBlanc

3930 games

48.5% in Lane

51.8% in Game

Xerath

2789 games

48.8% in Lane

49.3% in Game

Ziggs

936 games

49.1% in Lane

53.3% in Game

Zed's Trends

Win Rate

50.4%

(-0.2%)

vs last patch

Pick Rate

12.8%

(+0.7%)

vs last patch

Ban Rate

38.9%

(-1.0%)

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.

Q

deals 60% reduced damage to enemies beyond the first.

Enemy champions hit by

E

reduces

W

's cooldown by 2 seconds.

Zed can swap places with

R

's Shadow from any distance.

Zed is untargetable during

R

's cast.

Strengths

Excels at all-ins and short trades.

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

R

.

Has a lot of outplay potential with

W

/

R

.

Synergizes well with

,

,

,

,

, and

. Can opt for

or

when needed.

Weaknesses

Significantly harder to play when behind.

Struggles against most crowd control.

W

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

Directly countered by anyone who purchases

or

.