Zed Build
B
Jungle

Zed Build

Contempt for the Weak
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Assassin
Assassin
15/19
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
16%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Zed is strong against
53%
53%
51%
51%
51%
Pantheon
51%
Vi
51%
Kayn
50%
Elise
50%
Jarvan IV
50%
Amumu
50%
Volibear
50%
Zac
50%
Udyr
50%
Ekko
50%
Nunu & Willump
50%
Lee Sin
49%
Shaco
49%
Xin Zhao
49%
Rengar
49%
Zed is weak against
Briar
43%
Darius
45%
Master Yi
45%
Hecarim
45%
Warwick
46%
Wukong
47%
Diana
48%
Lillia
48%
Viego
48%
Nidalee
48%
Kindred
48%
Evelynn
49%
Nocturne
49%
Graves
49%
Rengar
49%
Xin Zhao
49%
Shaco
49%
Lee Sin
49%
Nunu & Willump
50%
Ekko
50%

Early Zed Build

Summoner Spells
FlashSmite
100%
89
Starter Items
Gustwalker Hatchling
Health Potion
46%
41
41%
37
Gustwalker Hatchling
7%
7
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
98%
87
Oracle Lens
2%
2
Item
First
Second
Voltaic Cyclosword
49%
41
Eclipse
30%
25
Youmuu's Ghostblade
22%
19

Zed Item Build

Item Buy Order
Two
Three
Voltaic CycloswordEclipse
20%
15
Youmuu's GhostbladeEclipse
19%
14
Voltaic CycloswordYoumuu's Ghostblade
13%
10
Core Items
Eclipse
66%
58
Voltaic Cyclosword
54%
48
Youmuu's Ghostblade
35%
31
Serpent's Fang
31%
27
Black Cleaver
29%
26
Spear of Shojin
20%
18
Edge of Night
19%
17
Serylda's Grudge
18%
16
Maw of Malmortius
5%
5
Final Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
60%
39
34%
22
5%
4
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
84%
75
Stealth Ward
10%
9
5%
5

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Razor Shuriken
Q
Shadow Slash
E
Living Shadow
W
81%
72
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
17%
15
Shadow Slash
E
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
2%
2
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R

Runes

Domination + Inspiration
Electrocute
Inspiration
Conqueror
Inspiration
Electrocute
Domination
Domination
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
Inspiration
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades

How to play Zed

Zed Zed – the Master of Shadows – is based on our LoL Mid Tier List on patch 14.12 a A-Tier Mid Mid champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Zed Zed has a win rate of 48.9%, a pick rate of 8.9%, a ban rate of 21.5% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Assassin Assassin is in a good spot in the current meta of season 14. If you want to learn how to play Zed on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is mechanically advanced to play in LoL. This Zed guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Zed. The upcoming LoL Zed Mid Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Zed Zed runes and summoner spells. The best Zed Mid Runes 14.12 are Domination Domination as the primary path and Sorcery as the secondary path. The most supportive Zed Zed keystone rune is Electrocute Electrocute. Flash Flash and Teleport are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Zed Build the most.

Item Build on Zed

The starter items for the best Zed Build on patch 14.12 are Doran's Shield, Health Potion Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Zed Zed items are Voltaic Cyclosword Voltaic Cyclosword and Edge of Night Edge of Night. Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ionian Boots of Lucidity are the most bought Zed Zed boots by Pros. This Zed Build will vastly increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Zed Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability Razor Shuriken Razor Shuriken on Zed Zed. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Razor Shuriken Razor Shuriken into Shadow Slash Shadow Slash and at last Living Shadow Living Shadow. Razor Shuriken Razor Shuriken is a very strong ability of Zed Zed in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called Contempt for the Weak Contempt for the Weak and there is no need to set it manually on a Zed Build.

Select one of the abilities below in order to start a clip of the ability:
Contempt for the Weak
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Contempt for the Weak

Zed's basic attacks against low health targets deals bonus Magic Damage. This effect can only occur once every few seconds against the same enemy champion.

Biography

Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia’s magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order.

Read Zed's bio

Available Zed Skins

Besides the Zed build you can select a skin for Zed. The best Zed skins you can find below.

Explore

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    Kayn stood confidently in the shadow of the noxtoraa, surrounded by dead soldiers, and smiled at the irony. These triumphal arches of dark stone were raised to honor the strength of Noxus—to instill fear and to demand fealty from all who passed beneath them. Now this one was a tombstone, a monument to false strength and arrogance, and a symbol of the fallen warriors’ own fear turned against them.
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