Zed Build
A
Mid

Zed Build

Contempt for the Weak
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Assassin
Assassin
0/1
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
17%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Zed is strong against
60%
59%
57%
57%
57%
Twisted Fate
56%
Kassadin
55%
Akali
54%
Yone
54%
Anivia
54%
Diana
53%
Galio
53%
Katarina
52%
Ekko
52%
Lissandra
52%
Veigar
51%
Vladimir
51%
Ahri
50%
Annie
49%
Qiyana
49%
Zed is weak against
Irelia
41%
Vex
42%
Aurora
42%
Yasuo
43%
Viktor
43%
Malphite
44%
Orianna
44%
Malzahar
44%
Sylas
45%
Zoe
46%
Akshan
47%
Xerath
47%
LeBlanc
47%
Talon
47%
Naafiri
48%
Xin Zhao
48%
Fizz
48%
Qiyana
49%
Annie
49%
Ahri
50%

Early Zed Build

Summoner Spells
FlashIgnite
79%
6
Flash
14%
1
Flash
7%
1
Starter Items
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
79%
6
14%
1
Health Potion
7%
1
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
100%
7
Item
First
Second
Voltaic Cyclosword
100%
7

Zed Item Build

Item Buy Order
Two
Three
Voltaic CycloswordYoumuu's Ghostblade
43%
3
Voltaic CycloswordAxiom Arc
21%
2
Voltaic CycloswordEdge of Night
14%
1
Core Items
Voltaic Cyclosword
100%
7
Axiom Arc
50%
4
Edge of Night
50%
4
Serylda's Grudge
50%
4
Youmuu's Ghostblade
43%
3
Maw of Malmortius
29%
2
Serpent's Fang
29%
2
Endless Hunger
14%
1
Eclipse
7%
1
Final Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
56%
3
44%
2
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
79%
6
Stealth Ward
21%
2

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Razor Shuriken
Q
Shadow Slash
E
Living Shadow
W
100%
7
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R

Runes

Domination + Sorcery
Electrocute
Sorcery
First Strike
Precision
First Strike
Sorcery
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
Sorcery
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm

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 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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    This assassin doesn’t just strike from the shadows - he is the shadow. And they don’t stand a chance.
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  • Short Story: The Blade of Millennia by Michael McCarthy
    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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    Restoring the wild magic of Ionia won’t be easy when a deadly enemy lurks in the shadows.
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