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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 LeagueSpy's 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 11.21. 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!

Patch 11.21: 177104 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 5444 Games

Domination

Sorcery

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 1015 Games

Domination

Sorcery

More Zed Runes

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 66 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 339 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 23311 Games

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 24589 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 4601 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

67%

Win Rate 2546 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.21: 177109 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 1618 Games

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

58%

Win Rate 96 Games

Precision

Inspiration

More Zed Runes

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 490 Games

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 1136 Games

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 2547 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 2218 Games

Second Best

45%

Win Rate 4183 Games

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 484 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

69%

Win Rate 553 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

66%

Win Rate 175 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.21: 177125 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 392 Games

Domination

Sorcery

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 57 Games

Domination

Sorcery

More Zed Runes

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 78 Games

Third Best

44%

Win Rate 414 Games

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 870 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 1788 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 345 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

60%

Win Rate 211 Games

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.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Zed Zed Mid

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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.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

PROJECT: Zed Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

June 24, 2021

+ Wishlist

PsyOps Zed

September 17, 2020

Wishlist

1350

Galaxy Slayer Zed

Legendary

April 18, 2019

Wishlist

1820

Death Sworn Zed

Special Events

October 26, 2017

Wishlist

1350

Championship Zed

Special Events

October 2, 2016

Wishlist

975

PROJECT: Zed

September 8, 2015

Wishlist

1350

SKT Zed

Special Events

May 5, 2014

+ Wishlist

750

Shockblade Zed

November 13, 2012

Wishlist

975

Classic Zed

Original

Wishlist

Zed's Abilities

Contempt for the Weak Zed's Passive

Self

Zed's basic attacks against targets below 50% of their maximum health deal 6 / 8 / 10% of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage (depending on level).

Against monsters, Contempt for the Weak deals 200% damage, capped at 300.

Contempt for the Weak can only affect enemy champions once every few seconds.

Razor Shuriken Zed's Q Ability

900

75 / 70 / 65 / 60 / 55

Active: Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens, dealing 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+1.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies they pass through, reduced to 60% against units beyond the first.

Living Shadow: Additional shurikens striking the same enemy restore energy.

Living Shadow Zed's W Ability

650

40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20

20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14

Zed's shadow dashes forward, remaining in place for 5 seconds. Reactivating this ability will cause Zed to switch positions with this shadow.

Zed's shadow will mimic his basic abilities. If both strike the same target Zed regains 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 energy. Energy can only be restored once per mimicked ability.

Shadow Slash Zed's E Ability

290

5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3

Active: Zed and his shadows create a burst of shadow, dealing 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 (+0.65 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to nearby enemies.

Zed's slash reduces the cooldown of Living Shadow by 1 second for each enemy struck. His shadows' slashes slow enemies by 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% for 1.5 seconds.

Living Shadow: Overlapping Shadow Slashes striking the same enemy deal no additional damage but will incur an increased slow of 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5 / 60% and restore energy.

Death Mark Zed's Ultimate (R) Ability

625

120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80

Active: Zed becomes untargetable and dashes to target enemy champion. Upon arrival, he marks the target for death and spawns a living shadow at his starting position. This shadow lasts 6 seconds and mimics Zed's abilities. After 0.5 seconds Zed can reactivate Death Mark, causing him to switch positions with this shadow.

After 3 seconds, the mark will detonate, dealing physical damage equal to 100% of Zed's attack damage plus 25 / 40 / 55% of damage dealt of all magic and physical damage dealt to the target by Zed and his shadows while the mark was active.

Questions About Zed

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Is Zed a hard champion?

Asked by SarCy15 on May 12, 2021

Zed is a hard champion? or not?

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Halloween skins coming back?

Asked by HunterR345 on October 16, 2020

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?

Asked by jdl3g3nds on January 20, 2020

hello, I would want to know how to change my runes according to the enemy mid laner.

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Zed's ult

Asked on March 1, 2019

How to stack Zed's ult

How to MAster ZED ???

Asked by HexTechZZ on September 4, 2018

WEll iam lvl 6 Zed 90k MP i want to main zed how do i get s or s+ with zed??and combos mechanics??

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Who is better in general, Aurelion Sol or Zed?

Asked by LightAdven on March 31, 2018

Generally

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How can I improve my Zed Mechanics?

Asked by DankBankHank on November 18, 2017

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?

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how to make zed.yasuo dance and laugh etc....

Asked on October 5, 2017

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zed vs adc mid ... what can be done to make zed win ?!

Asked by sabri.bodymag on May 25, 2017

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...

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What is the best Zed Skin ?

Asked on March 29, 2017

Is it Shockblade Zed,Project Zed, or Championship Zed?

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[Help!] Blacklisted Text That Wasn't There Previously

Asked by I Death Mark I on August 3, 2016

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....

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Where's my guide ?

Asked by AssassinsWeed on July 31, 2016

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

Asked by GamingPanda on December 19, 2015

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?

Asked by League of Mike on December 4, 2015

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...