Zed Abilities
A
Mid

Zed Abilities

Contempt for the Weak
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Assassin
Assassin
0/0
Win/Loss
0%
Pick Rate
13%
Ban Rate
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Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Razor Shuriken
Q
Shadow Slash
E
Living Shadow
W
96%
11
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
4%
1
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Abilities until Level 5
Razor Shuriken
Q
1
4
5
Living Shadow
W
2
Shadow Slash
E
3
Death Mark
R
61%
7
Razor Shuriken
Q
1
4
5
Living Shadow
W
3
Shadow Slash
E
2
Death Mark
R
39%
5
Abilities until Level 10
Razor Shuriken
Q
1
4
5
7
9
Living Shadow
W
2
Shadow Slash
E
3
8
10
Death Mark
R
6
57%
7
Razor Shuriken
Q
1
4
5
7
9
Living Shadow
W
3
Shadow Slash
E
2
8
10
Death Mark
R
6
35%
4
Razor Shuriken
Q
1
4
5
7
9
Living Shadow
W
2
8
Shadow Slash
E
3
10
Death Mark
R
6
4%
1

Abilities of Zed

Spell skill priority is an important winning factor for Zed. Understanding the abilities of Zed in League of Legends is another. Below you can find all the relevant information on Zed abilities. In order for item builds you should check the build for Zed.

Zed Passive – Contempt for the Weak Passive: 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.

Zed – Razor Shuriken Razor Shuriken

Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens.

Each shuriken deals damage to every enemy hit.
Q
Key
900
Range
75/70/65/60/55
Cost
6
Cooldown

Zed and his Shadows throw their shurikens, each dealing totaldamage physical damage to the first enemy they pass through, and passthroughdamage physical damage to each additional enemy.

Zed – Living Shadow Living Shadow

Passive: Zed gains energy whenever he and his shadows strike an enemy with the same ability. Energy can only be gained once per cast ability.

Active: Zed's shadow dashes forward, remaining in place for a few seconds. Reactivating Living Shadow will cause Zed to switch positions with this shadow.
W
Key
650
Range
40/35/30/25/20
Cost
20/19/18/17/16
Cooldown

Passive: Zed gains e3 Energy whenever he and his Shadows strike an enemy with the same Ability.

Active: Zed's Shadow dashes forward, remaining in place for e5 seconds. Recasting this Ability will cause Zed to switch positions with this Shadow.

Zed – Shadow Slash Shadow Slash

Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed.
E
Key
290
Range
40
Cost
5/4.5/4/3.5/3
Cooldown

Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing totaldamage physical damage to nearby enemies.

Each enemy champion hit by Zed's slash reduces Living Shadow's Cooldown by shadowhitcdr seconds.

Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are Slowed by movespeedmod*-100% for slowduration seconds. Enemies hit by multiple slashes take no additional damage but are Slowed by movespeedmodbonus*-100% instead.

Zed – Death Mark Death Mark

Zed becomes untargetable and dashes to an enemy champion, marking them. After 3 seconds the mark triggers, repeating a portion of all the damage Zed dealt to the target while they were marked.
R
Key
625
Range
0
Cost
120/100/80
Cooldown

Zed becomes Untargetable and dashes to an enemy champion, marking them. After rdeathmarkduration seconds, the mark triggers, dealing rcalculateddamage physical damage and repeating rdamageamp*100% of all damage dealt to the target by Zed while the mark was active.

The dash leaves a Shadow behind for rshadowdurationdisplayed seconds. Zed can Recast this Ability to switch positions with this Shadow.

FAQ on Zed

What do you max first on Zed?

Most Zed pros max out Razor Shuriken Razor Shuriken first.