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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 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 12.15. 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 12.14: 438954 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 4574 Games

Domination

Sorcery

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 1557 Games

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 88 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 54 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 34076 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 2497 Games

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 33359 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 6664 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

66%

Win Rate 4636 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

71%

Win Rate 51 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.14: 438954 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Inspiration

Domination

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 878 Games

Inspiration

Domination

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 55 Games

Inspiration

Precision

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 618 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 643 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 2582 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 2671 Games

Second Best

45%

Win Rate 3388 Games

Third Best

41%

Win Rate 436 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

70%

Win Rate 548 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 247 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.14: 438954 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 54 Games

Domination

Sorcery

Third Best

55%

Win Rate 73 Games

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 160 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 2198 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 2584 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 511 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

63%

Win Rate 446 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

Debonair Zed

Legendary

December 9, 2021

+ Wishlist

1820

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

Whenever Zed attacks an enemy below 50% health, he deals an additional 6 / 8 / 10% of the target's max health as magic damage. Enemy champions can only be hit once every 10 seconds.

Razor Shuriken Zed's Q Ability

925

75 / 70 / 65 / 60 / 55

Zed and his Shadows throw their shurikens, each dealing 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+1.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to the first enemy they pass through, and 48 / 69 / 90 / 111 / 132 (+0.66 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to each additional enemy.

Living Shadow Zed's W Ability

650

40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20

20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14

Passive: Zed gains 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 energy whenever he and his shadows strike an enemy with the same ability. Energy can only be gained once per cast ability.

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.

Shadow Slash Zed's E Ability

315

5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3

Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 (+0.65 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to nearby enemies.

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.

Death Mark Zed's Ultimate (R) Ability

625

120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80

Zed becomes untargetable and dashes to an enemy champion, marking them. After 3 seconds, the mark triggers, dealing 65% attack damage as physical damage and repeating 25 / 40 / 55% of all damage dealt to the target by Zed while the mark was active.

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?

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...