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Vapora Dark In-Depth Mid Zed Guide Season 11

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(1) |

So I am guessing people are dropping the collector for ghostblade now that it was buffed?

(624) |

Collector was never really worth it over other lethality items.

good work!!!!!!1

Das is good

İt's good

(1) |

Do you think top lane Zed is viable in this meta?

(624) |

Yeah I think top lane Zed has always been quite underrated. It's not as good as mid lane Zed, but not that much worse either. Eclipse or Goredrinker both work fine.

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Oh, I see! Thank you, I might try to run Zed top lane then.

Edit: Another question though, I noticed your runes on the upper part are different from the ones in the guide itself. Which option is the most effective? Also I am guessing presence of mind isn't worth it on Zed?

nice :)

useful, thanks

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I have learned a lot from your guides when i first started the game, but i guess i have to downvote this one because of the full build example, someone that doesnt play zed won't really see how much that build lacks CDR, that in my opinion really necessary on zed, you only get 40 cdr ( not including runes of course) late game so there is that ^^

(624) |

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someone that doesnt play zed won't really see how much that build lacks CDR

These are literally my stats for the season, I've been playing almost nothing but Zed.

CDR isn't tremendously important on Zed because he's severely gated by energy anyway. I will say though that I'd forgotten to swap Merc Treads for Ionians because Ionians are just super good right now, and I've updated the build for that now, but that's about the only change that can be made to the build in regards to CDR. You don't want to build mediocre items just because they give CDR. Zed is not as CDR dependent as other champions to the point that the existence of CDR alone on an item makes it good on him.

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ye guys dont pick sorcery 2ndary runes especially with this build..precision (presence of mind+ coup de grace) is way stronger

is it taste of blood or sudden impact?

(624) |

Either one is fine, depends if you want a safer lane or more damage throughout the game.

piola

(1) |

Nice job trying to make a Zed guide. I don't really have the right to say this but you got some mistakes. I beleive you should take E at lvl 2 because your W has a high cooldown and it isn't convenient to be harassed a whole bunch if your enemy is like an orianna when you W is on cooldown. And I beleive you should never push your lane at all. Zed isn't good at early game and isn't good at ganks. The reason is because Zed's W is the ability that makes him Zed. So, if you use your w when you're pushed in, it can be an easy gank or an easy play for the enemy. You can push in but you won't be able to use your W. You want the enemy to be afraid of you so you can CS a bit easier since CS is very important to Zed. Even if the enemy is scared of you, you can still reach your enemy since your W range is long. P.S Another reason why you take E as lvl 2 is because you can auto-reset. I hope this was helpful!

(624) |

Thanks for the feedback!

I maintain though that is generally the most optimal spell to take at level 2, since E is worthless against ranged enemies as you can't hit them. It's not just my personal opinion either since most pros almost always take W at level 2.

However, it is viable to take E at level 2 if you're last-hitting under tower and need the CS'ing help, or if you're in a melee matchup where you can easily hit on your enemy. I did forget to mention this so I'll add it in right now.

Also, isn't an auto-attack reset. An auto-attack reset is a spell that once your auto-attack is done will immediately make your auto-attack repeat, imitating having high attack speed for 1 auto-attack. works completely independently of auto-attacks, you can do it mid auto-attack, at the beginning of the auto-attack or at the end of the auto-attack, it will never interrupt anything but it also won't cause your next auto-attack to come faster.

Edit: Guide editing is bugged right now, can't publish any changes. Update to taking Zed E at level 2 will have to wait. :/