I'm ReverseNeo, An average mid-elo player. I've mained Zed since late S6. Although it sounds bad, I've played him alot and I've alot of experience using Zed.


First of All.
Zed is an AD Assassin, High Mobility, Untargetability and High Burst.
Although he falls off late game, He is a viable pick for solo queue and for norms if want to lmao.

He is one of the hardest champions to master but not to learn as his kit revolves around using your shadows.

He does not have any mana costs and should only worry about cooldowns and your ability usage.

I take Domination-Precision path but you can substitute it for sorcery if you want to. I just over all prefer precision.

Electrocute - Has great burst which is what zed needs and can chunk your enemy's hp quite easily

Sudden Impact - is great for Zed since he has blinks and dashes (Ult), using his W(2nd cast) and Ult(1/2nd cast) grants lethality allowing you to deal more damage

Eyeball Collection - is a great choice if you want to earn AD per kills or assists imo, really great if you'll be snowballing

Ravenous Hunter - grants healing from ability damage, you are a caster type meaning you'll be using abilities more than Aa for dueling, this helps alot if you still havent gotten a healing item as even a small heal can still help.

Triumph - is dangerous game (Rune from S7) and is great. Heals you for a % of missing hp on kills or assists and grants gold too. Such a great deal XD

Coup De Grace - imo, dealing more damage to low-health targets are better than not having increased damage. If you burst them down, your ult technically deals more damage.

Your build path is simple, build ad while getting some defensive stats against the enemy.
Items like Cleaver is great.

The items I've listed earlier is the item pool you'll likely use while in-game. Every Item there has it's own uses. Although BoRK has fallen off from being a good pick for Zed, It still provides a good use when splitpushing or when dueling if your skills are on cooldown

Read what the item grants and I'm sure you can make use of it :)