Zed Build
A
Mid

Zed Build

Contempt for the Weak
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Assassin
Assassin
2/4
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
19%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Zed is strong against
54%
53%
53%
53%
53%
Hwei
52%
Orianna
52%
Ahri
52%
Galio
52%
Yone
52%
Naafiri
51%
Talon
51%
Anivia
51%
Twisted Fate
51%
Akali
50%
LeBlanc
50%
Annie
50%
Yasuo
50%
Lux
50%
Vex
50%
Zed is weak against
Malphite
43%
Xin Zhao
43%
Akshan
46%
Fizz
46%
Irelia
47%
Qiyana
47%
Diana
47%
Sylas
47%
Malzahar
47%
Katarina
48%
Ekko
48%
Xerath
48%
Vladimir
48%
Viktor
48%
Lissandra
49%
Zoe
49%
Vex
50%
Lux
50%
Yasuo
50%
Annie
50%

Early Zed Build

Summoner Spells
FlashIgnite
56%
10
Flash
41%
7
Flash
3%
1
Starter Items
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
56%
10
29%
5
Health Potion
15%
3
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
100%
17
Item
First
Second
Voltaic Cyclosword
88%
15
Eclipse
12%
2

Zed Item Build

Item Buy Order
Two
Three
Voltaic CycloswordAxiom Arc
23%
4
Voltaic CycloswordEdge of Night
20%
3
Voltaic CycloswordYoumuu's Ghostblade
20%
3
Core Items
Voltaic Cyclosword
88%
15
Edge of Night
56%
10
Serpent's Fang
35%
6
Axiom Arc
32%
6
Serylda's Grudge
32%
6
Youmuu's Ghostblade
29%
5
Eclipse
15%
3
Maw of Malmortius
12%
2
Lord Dominik's Regards
12%
2
Final Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
84%
11
16%
2
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
56%
10
24%
4
Stealth Ward
21%
4

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Razor Shuriken
Q
Shadow Slash
E
Living Shadow
W
100%
17
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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    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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