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Zed Build Guide by shadowiyce

The ultimate Zed guide and tips

Updated on October 26, 2020

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Spells:

1 2

Flash

Ignite

Cleanse

Flash

Items

Starting Items (Default)

Long Sword

Health Potion 3

Staring Items (Situational)

Doran's Shield

Health Potion

Early Item(s) selection

Serrated Dirk

Caulfield's Warhammer

Last Whisper

Hexdrinker

Core Items

Umbral Glaive

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Edge of Night

Duskblade of Draktharr

Full build example

Duskblade of Draktharr

Edge of Night

Umbral Glaive

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Lord Dominik's Regards

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Vs. Heavy AP (Magic damage)

Edge of Night

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Duskblade of Draktharr

Maw of Malmortius

Mercury's Treads

Black Cleaver

Vs. Heavy AD (Attack Damage)

Ninja Tabi

Guardian Angel

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Duskblade of Draktharr

Black Cleaver

Edge of Night

Situational

Death's Dance

Sanguine Blade

Mortal Reminder

Maw of Malmortius

Guardian Angel

Split Pushing

Sanguine Blade

Ability Order

Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)

Zed Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Akali

Even

*Make sure you keep a distance against Akali as she can engage with Q, passive auto(Additional range), Q, and disengage safely.

*Pre-level 3, you should stay behind your caster minions (ranged minions) and lane safe with Q farming.

Ahri

Even

*Ahri's burst damage comes from applying her charm. You can dodge her E by standing behind the minions.

*Do not forget to dodge her returning Q as it deals true damage.

Anivia

Major

*Anivia's passive (Rebirth) has a 240 seconds (4 minutes) cooldown to it.

*Keep your distance for WEQ trades and save your W most of the time as she can cast her ice wall on you if your W is on cooldown.

Annie

Major

*Remember to purchase Mercurial Treads to gain magic resistance and tenacity to reduce her crowd control duration.

*Always keep your distance to trade.

Aurelion Sol

Minor

Azir

Tiny

Cassiopeia

Even

Diana

Major

*Dodge her Qs by moving counter clock rotation.

*Remember that Diana's R deals more damage depending on how many champions she cast it on.

Corki

Minor

Ekko

Extreme

*Make sure to dodge Ekko's Q(both incoming and returning). He can proc his passive on you by hitting Q and E.

*Always try to trade with Ekko when you have your W or he has his abilities on cooldown.

*Make sure to stay out of Ekko's W
as it can provide Ekko a shield and it will stun you. (Save your W)

Fizz

Major

*Harass Fizz early with your Q while farming.

*Fizz will try to E if you either try to cast WEQ combo or your R. Play around his E cooldown and use your W wisely to dodge his E.

*FIzz E can remove Zed's R if he E before Zed reappears from R.

*Quicksilver sash can remove Fizz's R

* You can cast your R on Fizz if he casts his R on you. You can be untargetable with your R for a few seconds.

Galio

Major

Heimerdinger

Even

Irelia

Even

Jayce

Even

Kassadin

Minor

Katarina

Major

LeBlanc

Even

*Try to hit your Q on LeBlanc. If you hit a Q on her and she casts W on you, auto and E her at the same time as this can cast electrocute on her for trading.

Lissandra

Major

Lucian

Minor

Lulu

Extreme

Lux

Minor

Malphite

Major

Malzahar

Major

*Disable Malzahar's passive by damaging him before using WEQ combo on him.

*Avoid standing next to the minions that are applied with Malzahar's E as it can spread to nearby units.

Purchase Quicksilver sash and Edge of night. Quicksilver sash can disable Malzahar's R.

Neeko

Minor

Nocturne

Even

*Trade and play around his W cooldown as it grants him bonus attack speed and blocks an ability.

Nunu & Willump

Minor

Orianna

Minor

Pantheon

Even

*When you all in Pantheon and if he cast his E, use your W to get behind him and attack him from behind. His E can only block damage in the front.

*Play passive pre-level 6.

Pyke

Even

Qiyana

Even

Renekton

Major

Rumble

Even

Ryze

Tiny

Sett

Even

Swain

Minor

Sylas

Major

*Against Sylas, try staying behind the caster minions and trade as Sylas is a melee mage.

Syndra

Minor

Taliyah

Minor

Talon

Major

*Try not to melee trade pre-level 3-4 against Talon as he can outburst Zed's early stage.

*Try to dodge Talon's returning W as it can slow you.

*Just like Pyke, ping and warn your teammates if Talon is missing or roaming as Talon.

Make sure to purchase control wards and oracle lens as it can detect Talon's R invisibility.

Veigar

Tiny

Vel'Koz

Minor

Viktor

Minor

Vladimir

Major

Wukong

Even

Xerath

Minor

Yasuo

Even

*Let the minion wave push in near your turret as Yasuo has no escaping tools (besides flash) and allowing your jungle to have easier access to your lane.

*Make sure you disable his passive shield first before you try to trade with Yasuo

*Play around his W (Wind wall) cooldown