Zed·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zed Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Cosmic Insight 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 Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Eclipse. 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 50.3% winrate over 2 214 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Zed Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Triumph in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Voltaic Cyclosword as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night and Axiom Arc. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 49.4% win rate over 1 158 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Cut Down with Legend: Haste in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, 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 52.5% win rate across 451 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zed Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Ultimate Hunter 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 Axiom Arc. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.4% win rate over 381 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.