Zed Build Guides, Runes and Items
Zed the Master of Shadows
Find the best Zed build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.9. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Zed build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Zed's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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[12.9] Max-Depth Master Zed Guide
[12.9] Max-Depth Master Zed Guide
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[12.7] Zethal's Zed Guide | Detailed Laning Phase + Late Game
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[Season 12] High Elo Zed Guide I Zed Jg Guide I
[Season 12] High Elo Zed Guide I Zed Jg Guide I
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ZED [12.9] PABIZON'S GUIDE
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Zed: Jungle Patch: 12.8
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OTP ZED ALL Match UP
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[S.12] How To Play Jungle Zed (Zungle)
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A Cancerous Zed Build as of 12.8
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Hypercarry Zed
Hypercarry Zed
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Master Zed
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Zed Oneshot Guide DIA+ [S12.1 Updated! [In Depth Builds]
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BZ S12 Zed Guide [S10 Rank 1 Zed EUW] [S11 900+LP PEAK CHAL
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[12.2] Bundif's beginner friendly SEASON 12 Zed guide
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Everything You Need To Know About Zed 70%WR!
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[12.6] ZED99 GUIDE ON ZED - What the best ZED KOREA plays
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[NEW SEASON! - Patch 12.4] [Master] Free Elo Zed Mid Guide
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Lapdog's Guide To Pleb - Master of Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
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Zed cool
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S12 Zed Guide. Jungle + Mid
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[12.1] HOW ZED99 PLAYS ZED [Grandmaster] 2.3M+ lolzed5
Zed Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Zed we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Zed, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Zed this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.9. However, if you are a new Zed player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Zed!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Zed's Runes
48%
Win Rate 19053 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
49%
Win Rate 6777 Games
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 1473 Games
Zed's Summoner Spells
49%
Win Rate 86099 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Starters
49%
Win Rate 42992 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
52%
Win Rate 40601 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
46%
Win Rate 38672 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
47%
Win Rate 7537 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Zed's Core Items
Boots
Zed's Luxury Items
Zed's Ability Order
64%
Win Rate 6618 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
63%
Win Rate 6656 Games
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
72%
Win Rate 101 Games
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Zed's Runes
47%
Win Rate 3284 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
62%
Win Rate 121 Games
Third Best
48%
Win Rate 807 Games
Zed's Summoner Spells
47%
Win Rate 21584 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Starters
47%
Win Rate 9855 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
48%
Win Rate 18093 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
44%
Win Rate 4560 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
46%
Win Rate 601 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Zed's Core Items
Boots
Zed's Luxury Items
Zed's Ability Order
66%
Win Rate 2248 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
68%
Win Rate 856 Games
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
67%
Win Rate 73 Games
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Zed's Runes
63%
Win Rate 56 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
53%
Win Rate 915 Games
Third Best
59%
Win Rate 70 Games
Zed's Summoner Spells
52%
Win Rate 6051 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Starters
53%
Win Rate 2800 Games
- 1
- 2
Trinket
54%
Win Rate 3078 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
49%
Win Rate 2842 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
52%
Win Rate 508 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Boots
Zed's Luxury Items
Zed's Ability Order
67%
Win Rate 573 Games
- 1
- 2
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
63%
Win Rate 568 Games
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Zed Counters
Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Zed guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Zed Mid in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Zed. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Zed
Worst Against Zed
Zed Skins
Find Zed's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Zed skins and chromas on Zed's skins page.
PsyOps Zed
September 17, 2020
Wishlist
Galaxy Slayer Zed
April 18, 2019
Wishlist
Death Sworn Zed
October 26, 2017
Wishlist
Championship Zed
October 2, 2016
Wishlist
PROJECT: Zed
September 8, 2015
Wishlist
Shockblade Zed
November 13, 2012
Wishlist
Classic Zed
Original
Wishlist
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Zed's Abilities
Active: Zed's shadow dashes forward, remaining in place for a few seconds. Reactivating Living Shadow will cause Zed to switch positions with this shadow.
Each enemy champion hit by Zed's slash reduces Living Shadow's cooldown by 2 seconds.
Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed by 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% for 1.5 seconds. Enemies hit by multiple slashes take no additional damage but the slow is increased by 50% instead.
The dash leaves a Shadow behind for 9 seconds. Zed can recast this ability to switch positions with this Shadow.
Questions About Zed
Latest Questions
Is Zed a hard champion?
Zed is a hard champion? or not?
Halloween skins coming back?
Hi guys! I'm a Katarina main and the only skin that I dont have is Kitty Cat, so yeah i want to buy it. The thing is that this skin is a Legacy one so i can't buy it from the shop right now. I've searched in the internet and found that is part of...
Zed runes vs different mid laners?
hello, I would want to know how to change my runes according to the enemy mid laner.
Zed's ult
How to stack Zed's ult
How to MAster ZED ???
WEll iam lvl 6 Zed 90k MP i want to main zed how do i get s or s+ with zed??and combos mechanics??
Who is better in general, Aurelion Sol or Zed?
Generally
How can I improve my Zed Mechanics?
I love Zed's Kit and want to main him pretty hard, except whenever it comes to ranked im too afraid to pick zed (because I feel like my skills won't be enough) What can I do to improve?
how to make zed.yasuo dance and laugh etc....
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zed vs adc mid ... what can be done to make zed win ?!
i can't take it .... it's just unfair ! every time they got zed on mid ( my team ) we face an adc who just wins easily ... what can we do as a solution for this move ... and sometimes we just don't get the enough time to make zed stands on his...
What is the best Zed Skin ?
Is it Shockblade Zed,Project Zed, or Championship Zed?
[Help!] Blacklisted Text That Wasn't There Previously
Hello, I'm the creator of Evanave's In-Depth Guide on Zed, and recently I've run into this error message "Error: Your guide contains blacklisted text." Which is sort of weird since I was obviously able to change and publish previously....
Where's my guide ?
Yesterday I made a guide for Zed. I published it and saved it and when I go to Builds and Guides-Newest Guides-Zed my guide isn't there ?? What I need to do for other people to see it. Guide name is Better Nerf Zed [S6]
I made a guide and I cannot see it
I made a zed build called, "RedMercy's zed build NOT MY BUILD" (I got it from a youtuber) I can't find it. I also Favorited it
Cunning or Resolve for AD assasins?
On all these ad assassins would cunning or resolve be a better choice for your 12 points after putting 18 in ferocity (I don't think you ever take anything but 18 in that tree with these champions although tell me if you would) but I'm not sure if...
How do you win against Zed?
Hello, I've been playing against a few Zed's midlane, but I can't win against them, starting in early game. What do you recommend me to do against Zed? What champion is a good, a bit save, option against him? And how do you play against him in...
