Hello, I know this is not how people normally play zed, but that's the point. These items, runes, and masteries are a really good way to turn zed from an auto attack based assassin to more of an aoe damage based team fighter while also being able to assassinate. You can mess with the runes or masteries to put your own spin on them, however i personally think the items are the best you can get. Zed is good at roaming AND laning, making him match up against ap mids fairly well if you have a brain.