Hello Mobaians, I'm Kid Okamei.

Welcome to my first guide here, I'm a League Of Legends addict, I cannot go a hour without thinking about league. I strive to get better every day and I'm still learning new things constantly. If you're here, you're probably new to Zed and you've come to the right place to learn. If you disagree with something please let me know and I'll give you my opinion on it.



Zed is melee assassin and most commonly played mid. His extreme high burst abilities allows him to take out his targets quickly as well as make an escape after. Zed's skills cost energy instead of mana which makes it easier to consistently preform combos without fear of being out of mana.

Pros + High Burst Damage + Uses Energy + Extremely Moblie + High skillcap + Can dive turrets + Great poke with Razor Shuriken + Can split push for days. + Best champ to bm with + Difficult to gank + Good gap closers

Zed's Strengths Zed's ability to turret dive should make any laner fearful, he's probably one of the best assassins in the game because of Death Mark His ult makes you untargetable for a short period of time while you kill the enemy carry and survive. Zed's great split pushing revolves around how mobile he is, never miss an opportunity to split push when you can for the extra pressure and gold. Zed is an extremely difficult champion to gank because of Living Shadow but remember it has an 18 second cooldown early levels so be careful when you use it. Zed is an amazing carry if he gets ahead.

Zed's Limitations Zed's worst enemy is anyone who can because invulnerable for a period of time. Champions like Kayle and Lissandra. Zed's an extremely difficult champion to master, based on how you remember to use your skills and knowing your damage output for all ins. One miss click under a turret will most likely lead to your death. Zed is a common ban in Diamond Elo because of how scary he is if the player has a good amount of games with him. If the enemy team has alot of CC you're barely worth one kill because of how easily they can stop you from assassinating the carry.

Cons - Vulnerable to CC - Difficult to master - Hard to catch up if behind. - Squishy as hell - Useless in teamfights if his ult is on cd - Easily Countered in pick and ban phase. - Countered by Guardian Angel & Zhonya's Hourglass & Quicksilver Sash

Armor

Magic Resist

Damage

(These are different options for Zed for certain situations, not 100% Recommended)

• Do not take anything else.

Lissandra: Hard Counter Why She counters you The main reason why Lissandra hard counters Zed is because of her Ring of Frost which is good CC against Zed. Frozen Tomb Her ult makes her untargetable and invulnerable which counters Death Mark CC + Invulnerable + Gap Closer = Dead Zed.

Kayle: Hard Counter Why she counters you This is obvious, Kayle's ult Intervention makes her invulnerable for a short period of time again which counters Death Mark Her entire kit just counters yours, it's a bad match up you should avoid.

Vladimir: Hard Counter Why he counters you Vlad's Sanguine Pool makes him untargetable to avoid Death Mark His Q Transfusion will give him alot of sustain in lane against you.

Aatrox: Counter Why he counters you Aatrox's Blood Thrist gives him alot of sustain against you but the biggest problem is his passive Blood Well After you spend all energy and cooldown's he'll get right back up and CC you with his Dark Flight and kill you.

Malphite: Counter Why he counters you Malphite counters you because of how much CC he has with Seismic Shard and Unstoppable Force

Singed: Counter Why Singed can counter you When Zed goes into Death Mark Singed can Mega Adhesive the ground below him then Fling Since a good Singed is usually tanky by building mana/ap items he would be hard to all in and pick up the kill.

Fizz: Counter Why he counters you Fizz can just out duel you. He has a slow from his ult Chum the Waters and if he's a good fizz he can Playful / Trickster Zed's Death Mark

Gragas: Counter Why he counters you Graggy just out scales you, his W Drunken Rage is the main problem here, plus he has a displacement it's definitally a skill match up but if he plays gragas correctly he'll beat you in lane.

Zac: Counter Why he counters you You can't duel a Zac, you have to stay in Q range to keep farming. If you turret dive Zac you can pop his passive but you can't kill him. You just have to proc the second Death Mark to escape and when he's back up he can all in you due to your cool downs.

Simple.

Since Zed doesn't really have alot of killing potential pre 6 unless your jungle ganks so keep that in mind before trying to all in someone. So it's best to just farm until 6 and get harass off when you can, before you go Alpha mode and wreck lane.


What if I fall behind?

This is a really tough position to be in with Zed because it's hard to catch up. If you're losing lane, your best option is to make it a farm lane and play as passive as possible and look for possible roaming opportunities to pick up kills to get yourself back in the game. Since you most likely won't be able to out duel your enemy laner.

What if i'm super ahead?

Well then great! But remember every champion has limitations I've seen people who're 5/0 end up being 6/13. This is for many reasons, but I'll explains the basics with Zed.

Know your champions limitations, don't just think because you're 5/0 you're Faker and can 1v5 at drag, you can't Zed isn't a 1v5 champion. If he's alone and really ahead he can put up 2 kills if played properly or if ones missing a huge chunk of health he can 1v3.

Take other champions skills into consideration !

If you're thinking about diving a 1v2 at drag, take a look at the champions in the pit.

Think : "Do they have major CC? Like Curse of the Sad Mummy Or Frozen Tomb"
This will dictate wether or not you can kill them and survive, or maybe just steal a dragon.
Thinking before doing is what makes a Diamond player from a Silver player.

You have ONE job as Zed in teamfights.

Kill the highest priority target on the enemy team, which is usually the enemy AD carry.

If you Death Mark the Dr. Mundo or the Sona you're a failure to your team, and hopefully you can get carried. Because this is exactly what you're not suppose to do as Zed do not initiate as Zed, wait for someone on your team with a good initiate like Wukong using Death Mark to initiate will ultimately lead to your death.

How to execute Zed's job in teamfights

• Use Living Shadow as a gap closer to get to the backline.
• Follow up with Death Mark onto the target.
• Use Shadow Slash and follow that up with Razor Shuriken
• Remember to use any activation items like Blade of the Ruined King
• Use Death Marks second activation to escape.
• If you escape and succeed in killing the target stick around for some extra damage on other enemy champions.

Living Shadow > Shadow Slash > Death Mark > Razor Shuriken

W E R Q

Death Mark > Shadow Slash > Living Shadow > Razor Shuriken > Shadow Slash

R E W Q E

Death Mark > Razor Shuriken > Shadow Slash > Ignite > Living Shadow > Shadow Slash

R Q E Ignite W E

Zed's W Living Shadow is great for escaping and should always be casted wisely, in case someone tries to gank. Quick reaction time is essential to your survival as Zed.

Zed's ult can also be casted for an escape if done correctly.

- Death Mark onto an enemy and create as much distance between your shadow as possible.

- When the enemy gets as far away from it as possible you hit Death Mark again to move back to your original ult position. (Be careful for the cdr on the shadow)

Here in this video I use my shadow without thinking about the enemy Kha'zix. I preform the best example of how to escape / juke with Zed's Death Mark

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Zed is a god in solo queue, but can be easily countered. He's an amazing champion to carry with. I hope you all enjoyed my simple Zed guide, feel free to leave any feedback.

Have a good day !