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League of Legends Champion ZedZed is in the a tier of champions

Zed

Assassin
Zed is a assassinRoleassassin
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Contempt for the Weak abilityp
Razor Shuriken abilityq
Living Shadow abilityw
Shadow Slash abilitye
Death Mark abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Zed Build

based on 163,496 matches
Win Rate
49.6 %
Pick Rate
10.3 %
Ban Rate
30.6 %

How We Come Up with Our Zed Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Zed build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Zed builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Zed core items and runes for any situation.

Zed Build Summary

Zed is a a decent middle lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Sorcery. Including the highlighted runes shown below into your Zed build will give you the bonus stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. You should start by building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Zed

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
TiamatCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Duskblade of DraktharrRavenous HydraAxiom ArcIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSpear Of ShojinEdge of NightSilvermere Dawn

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zed to level upq
>
Second ability for Zed to level upw
>
Last skill for Zed to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Zed's passive ability p
Zed's q ability q
Zed's w ability w
Zed's e ability e
Zed's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Zed Matchups Overview

Zed is Weak Against

ZiggsZiggs46.7% winratePantheonPantheon46.9% winrateDianaDiana46.9% winrateFizzFizz47.1% winrate

Zed is Strong Against

Vel'KozVel'Koz57.1% winrateCorkiCorki55.8% winrateTaliyahTaliyah55.3% winrateGalioGalio54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Zyrasupport+ 53.1% 8395 GamesIllaoitop+ 53.4% 4851 GamesRammusjungle+ 54.2% 2659 GamesKarthusbottom+ 55.3% 1303 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Zed Players

Tips and Tricks

Secure last hits with Contempt for the Weak (Passive).

Double-tapping Living Shadow teleports Zed to his shadow for quick escapes.

Additional Zed Build Insights

LoL Zed players could find him to be a confusing champ to build out properly. You'll notice that his build varies when he is up against either well-rounded or highly focused team comps, indicating you should not follow the same Zed build every single game of League of Legends

The best items to incorporate into your champion's build include: Duskblade of Draktharr, Ravenous Hydra, and Axiom Arc. Those who added these items in their setups had a much higher win rate than players who worked towards other item builds for Zed. Likewise, if you are facing a well-mixed enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting him the Precision, and Sorcery runes. In recent games, he won the largest percentage of his games when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Zed build guidance by examining 163,496 recently ranked LoL games with him selected. We only propose the top winrate Zed builds that have been built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to propose them. With so many matches in our dataset, we are confident in our provided builds.