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Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Zed Passive Ability
Introduction
First of all thanks for watching my Zed guide. It's actually my first guide ever. I wan't to show you some facts and share my experience with you and maybe it will help you to succeed on your lane.
Before judging this guide for some of my choices plz take your time to read explanations for whatever you don't understand or you don't agree with me. If you do try my build plz play more than 1 game with it. Everything needs training and maybe your team screws up your game when you play with randoms.
About

Zed is an AD assassin.
His role in a team is to get rid of the enemy AD carry or AP carry or maybe both of them.
This guide shows you how to succeed with this and do even more thanks to your tankiness. A good played tanky Zed can be very persistent and can easily pick up fights with almost every enemy after taking out the AP or AD carry. Doesn't matter if it's an other carry, a bruiser or even a tank.
Never forget... a squishy Zed can easily die in a teamfight without succeeding his role. You are just not as stealthy as a Talon for example and you just have your W to escape. Maybe a flash too if it's not on cd and you might run out of energy faster than you would expect when you are not used to play Zed.
So if you just fokus on AD you could end up getting killed by some aoe after using your ult or getting crushed in a short stun since CC is your biggest foe as an assassin.
You may succeed as an AD-Monster Zed. I don't want to say it's bad to play him like this. It's actually good too. I also play him like that from time to time but this guide and build gives you a safety to succeed your role no matter what, if you just train a bit. (except of few circumstances because no champions has a 100% chance of winning his lane against every champion + don't forget about some persistent jungler)
Zed's play style is really awesome and unique. He is definetly one of my favorite champs in the whole league. You can perform some really amazing moves with him.
Also Zed is a really balanced champion. He is not too strong and definitely not too weak. His early game is okay. His mid game is amazing and his late game is also pretty good.
One thing you should remember when you actually try my build:
Never hesitate on engaging a squishy opponent! Be the one who decides the outcome of a teamfight or even an entire Game. (But don't overdo it and feed the enemy. Wait for the right moment)
Use your Brain when playing Zed and pay attention to your energy. Distract your enemies with your abilities and try to avoid as much dmg and ultis with your own ulti as possible.
For marks I prefer greater mark of armor penetration over flat AD. Since you won't feel any difference in early laning phase if you have a bit more AD and armor penetration just benefits you more with your item build and your role as an assassin. You also don't need the early bonus AD for last-hitting, since your passive


Seals: 9 x

For seals there is nothing to talk about. Don't take HP per lvl just because your enemy is AP. There is always a carry you will face. And please never use energy-reg seals! Flat armor is just the best to pick.
Glyphs: 9 x

For glyphs I take



Quints: 2 x

This is just my opinion and play style. I think it just works fine with your core item build since you won't build up to much armor early on except for






CDR, AD per lvl which scales with the passive of your W

The defense tree for sure is to keep you alive.
I take






Perseverance can be good too but since you have to drop really low to get full use of it and you don't want that to happen i don't really like it. Just buy some









Core items:





The best core items are





This will give you a lot of AD , durability, cooldown reduction, armor penetration, plus a slow and a shield against magic dmg!
In fact... everything you need.
Enemy is AP?
You should purchase these items first:


Enemy is AD?
You should purchase these items first:


You have problems with your sustain?
You should get a


BUT!
No matter which order you choose you should always complete

You finished your core item build?
Now it's up to you and what's best against your enemy team. There are a lot of viable Items to choose. For Example










Normally I rush for


This one I don't really like on Zed but it's still not bad

Some of them may be really situational but they can at least benefit you or your team in some way.
Also not so good but still viable for any reason are


I start with Q -> W -> E from lvl 1 to 3
I max Q




I know some people max

Also some people skill their Q







Anyways. Your W





Explanation:
It's pretty simple to explain.


Also viable on Zed:







All other summoner spells are not really of use to him.
-Good mobility when nothing is on CD (can escape ganks pretty easy)
-High amount of burst with few Items (when ulti is up)
-Very entertaining to play
-Good initiater
-You can almost consider him as a neutral pick when you play him like me since almost nothing can really counter him + you can go top and mid (and jungle but plz not with this guide!!!)
-Very hard to outplay him (since you can play him safe)
Cons
-No real CC
-When his W is on CD he has nothing else to escape (so use your brain when using it)
-Can have problems with enemies that have high sustain and harass
-weak to CC
-needs training to get to his full potential!
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