Zed Build Guides, Runes and Items
Zed the Master of Shadows
Find the best Zed build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.19. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Zed build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Zed's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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[13.18] Zethal's Zed Guide | Latest Build + Advanced Tips
[13.18] Zethal's Zed Guide | Latest Build + Advanced Tips
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[Season 13] Mid Zed | Builds and Runes
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Zed Guide [S13]
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ZED Mid - Jungle [13.18+]
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Zed JG! ACTUALLY WORKS (FULL GUIDE)
Zed JG! ACTUALLY WORKS (FULL GUIDE)
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[13.14] Max-Depth Master Zed Guide
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[13.5] Challenger Zed Jungle Guide - Free LP!
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[13.16] Zed Mid/JG Guide | In-depth Build + Runes + Tips
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Swagilicious' Zed Guide - UPDATED w/ notes
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Everything You Need To Know About Zed 70%WR!
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(Armor) Shred Zed Jungle Guide (Z.M.)
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Lapdog's Guide To Pleb - Master of Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
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Pre-Season 2023 Zed meta
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ZED build for solo Q (get out of low elo)
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Hypercarry Zed
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Zed - [12.23] Mid and Jg
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Be one with your shadow [13.12]
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How to dominate with Zed
Zed
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Zed snowball build
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 13.19. 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
50%
Win Rate 40% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
48%
Win Rate 27% Pickrate
Third Best
46%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
Zed's Summoner Spells
49%
Win Rate 81% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Starters
49%
Win Rate 58% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Core Items
56%
Win Rate 9% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Zed's Luxury Items
Zed's Ability Order
48%
Win Rate 46% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
49%
Win Rate 25% Pickrate
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
52%
Win Rate 11% Pickrate
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Zed's Runes
45%
Win Rate 30% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
48%
Win Rate 27% Pickrate
Third Best
46%
Win Rate 12% Pickrate
Zed's Summoner Spells
46%
Win Rate 52% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Starters
47%
Win Rate 37% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zed's Core Items
53%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Zed's Luxury Items
Zed's Ability Order
46%
Win Rate 41% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
44%
Win Rate 14% Pickrate
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
46%
Win Rate 12% Pickrate
Contempt for the Weak (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Zed Counters
Learn Zed'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 MIDDLE 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
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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...
