Zed·Mid Build
Win rate | 49.7% |
Pick rate | 5.9% |
Ban rate | 18.2% |
Matches | 78 819- |
Zed Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 50.8% based on 17 405 matches
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Most Popular
50.8%Highest WR
54.3%Alternative
51.2%Off-Meta
53.3%Top Players ALL
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Viktor
50.3%Sylas
51.5%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 16 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Zed Matchups Overview
Zed General information
Zed tips and tricks
Before looking for the all-in, try to get the enemy as low as possible. This will reduce the enemies chances of escaping or surviving once you commit to using your Ultimate R.
Keep a constant eye on your resource bar. Zed needs as much energy as possible before committing to the fight. Avoid playing too aggressive when you’re low on energy.
In team fights, focus the squishiest enemy champion or somebody without defensive tools. This will make taking someone down much easier.
Zed combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Zed Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Zed Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Scorch and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Eclipse as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Voltaic Cyclosword. For your last 3 items, you should build Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night and finish with Serpent's Fang. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 50.8% winrate over 17 405 matches played.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Scorch with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Eclipse as a third item. You want to finish the build with Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night and Axiom Arc. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 51.2% win rate across 6 220 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Zed Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Transcendence with Scorch as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Voltaic Cyclosword as third item. The last 3 options are Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night and Serpent's Fang. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.3% win rate over 3 212 matches played.
Situational Zed Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Zed build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Zed runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Zed Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Zed Mid are:
- vs. Smolder - 58.9% win rate over 435 games.
- vs. Aurelion Sol - 56.1% win rate over 592 games.
- vs. Taliyah - 55.7% win rate over 458 games.
- vs. Cassiopeia - 54.0% win rate over 574 games.
- vs. Swain - 53.7% win rate over 646 games.
Consider picking Zed into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Zed.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Zed in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Malphite - 44.1% win rate over 1 353 games.
- vs. Irelia - 45.2% win rate over 1 710 games.
- vs. Akshan - 46.1% win rate over 846 games.
- vs. Anivia - 46.3% win rate over 847 games.
- vs. Vel'Koz - 46.4% win rate over 459 games.
These champions are considered as Zed counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Zed counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.