Zed Build
S
Mid

Zed Build

Contempt for the Weak
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R
Assassin
Assassin
4/5
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
10%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Zed is strong against
54%
51%
51%
50%
50%
Katarina
50%
Ahri
50%
Veigar
50%
LeBlanc
49%
Malzahar
49%
Viktor
49%
Akali
49%
Twisted Fate
49%
Neeko
49%
Zoe
48%
Lissandra
48%
Diana
48%
Orianna
48%
Xerath
47%
Vex
47%
Zed is weak against
Malphite
44%
Sylas
45%
Anivia
46%
Fizz
46%
Qiyana
46%
Vladimir
46%
Talon
46%
Lux
47%
Pantheon
47%
Ekko
47%
Irelia
47%
Vex
47%
Xerath
47%
Orianna
48%
Diana
48%
Lissandra
48%
Zoe
48%
Neeko
49%
Twisted Fate
49%
Akali
49%

Early Zed Build

Summoner Spells
FlashIgnite
48%
37
Flash
44%
34
Ignite
7%
5
Starter Items
Long Sword
Refillable Potion
67%
51
18%
14
Long Sword
3
10%
8
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
99%
76
Oracle Lens
1%
1
Item
First
Second
Ravenous Hydra
55%
39
Prowler's Claw
21%
15
Umbral Glaive
11%
8

Zed Item Build

Mythic Item
Duskblade of Draktharr
47%
32
32%
21
21%
14
Item Buy Order
Two
Three
Ravenous HydraBlack Cleaver
23%
11
Ravenous HydraSerylda's Grudge
14%
7
Prowler's ClawEdge of Night
13%
6
Core Items
Ravenous Hydra
54%
41
Serylda's Grudge
31%
24
Prowler's Claw
30%
23
Black Cleaver
26%
20
Edge of Night
20%
15
Umbral Glaive
11%
9
Axiom Arc
8%
6
Serpent's Fang
2%
2
Guardian Angel
2%
2
Final Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
80%
53
11%
7
9%
6
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
67%
48
20%
14
Stealth Ward
13%
10

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Razor Shuriken
Q
Shadow Slash
E
Living Shadow
W
86%
66
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
14%
11
Razor Shuriken
Q
Living Shadow
W
Shadow Slash
E
Death Mark
R

Runes

Inspiration + Sorcery
First Strike
Sorcery
Electrocute
Sorcery
Conqueror
Inspiration
Inspiration
Glacial Augment
Unsealed Spellbook
First Strike
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Perfect Timing
Future's Market
Minion Dematerializer
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Time Warp Tonic
Sorcery
Sorcery
Nullifying Orb
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 13.21 a S-Tier Mid Mid champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Zed Zed has a win rate of 48.2%, a pick rate of 8.1%, a ban rate of 32.6% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Assassin Assassin is in an excellent spot in the current meta of season 13. 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. Besides the upcoming Zed Mid Build the position Jungle is a valid choice as well.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Zed Zed runes and summoner spells. The best Zed Mid Runes 13.21 are 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 13.21 are Long Sword Long Sword, Refillable Potion Refillable Potion, and a Stealth Ward Stealth Ward as the trinket. 61% of all Zed Probuilds include

Duskblade of Draktharr
Duskblade of Draktharr as the favoured mythic item. As the game progresses, the most popular Zed Zed items are Ravenous Hydra Ravenous Hydra and Umbral Glaive Umbral Glaive. 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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