Zed Build, Runes & Counters — LoL Champion Guide

Win Rate

50.1%

Mid

Pick Rate

2.7%

7,214 games

Tier

This patch

CS / min

6.6

70 @ 10min

Full Build Guide

Starters, core items, boots & situational for Zed

Playing as Zed

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Playing against Zed

Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Playmaking

Kill participation

Solo kills / game

3.0

First blood rate

Damage / min

975

Kills / game

8.5

Early KDA (15 min)

3.67

Base stats (level 1)

654

HP regen

7.0

200

MP regen

50.0

Attack dmg

Attack spd

0.651

Armor

Magic resist

Move speed

345

Range

125

Strong vs · Mid

Weak vs · Mid

Abilities

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.

Razor Shuriken

Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens.

Each shuriken deals damage to every enemy hit.

CD 6sCost 75/70/65/60/55Range 900

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.

CD 20/19/18/17/16sCost 40/35/30/25/20Range 650

Shadow Slash

Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed.

CD 5/4.5/4/3.5/3sCost 40Range 290

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.

CD 120/110/100sRange 625

// lore

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.

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