Zed·Top Build
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R| Win rate | 48.1% |
| Pick rate | 0.3% |
| Ban rate | 17.5% |
| Matches | 887- |
Zed Build
Top ∙ Patch 14.10Most Popular
Win Rate 56.5% based on 193 matches
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Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 17 min
Full Build
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Zed Matchups Overview
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Zed General information
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The Best Zed Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Zed Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Magical Footwear, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Transcendence and Scorch 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 Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and finish with Axiom Arc. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 56.5% winrate over 193 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Zed Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Transcendence with Scorch 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 Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Axiom Arc. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 60 matches.
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 Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.10 the best possible matchups for Zed Top are:
- vs. Udyr - win rate over games.
- vs. Gangplank - 88.9% win rate over 9 games.
- vs. Quinn - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Anivia - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Ornn - 75.0% win rate over 12 games.
Consider picking Zed into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Zed.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Zed in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Warwick - win rate over games.
- vs. Naafiri - win rate over games.
- vs. Tryndamere - 14.3% win rate over 21 games.
- vs. Fiora - 15.4% win rate over 13 games.
- vs. Viktor - 20.0% win rate over 5 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.
