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the Master of Shadows

Zed ADC build & stats

Assassin 15 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
53.3%
Pick rate
0.2%
Ban rate
23.1%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
3,000 gold
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Fang
2,500 gold
Edge of Night
Edge of Night
3,000 gold
8,500 gold
100.0% WR each item separately

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
3 games · 20% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
55.6% 9 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Zed

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 53% of games with a 62% win rate.
  • Banned in 23% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
100.0% 40% (6)
100.0% 27% (4)
100.0% 20% (3)
75.0% 27% (4)
57.1% 93% (14)
50.0% 67% (10)
42.9% 47% (7)
33.3% 20% (3)
0.0% 20% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
3 games · 20% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
66.7% WR
3 games · 20% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Scorch Transcendence
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
2 games · 13% pick
Dark Harvest Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Nimbus Cloak Transcendence

Keystones

  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 62.5%53% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 40.0%33% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 55.6%60% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 66.7%20% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PContempt for the Weak

    Zed's basic attacks against low health targets deals bonus Magic Damage. This effect can only occur once every few seconds against the same enemy champion.

  • QRazor Shuriken

    Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens.Each shuriken deals damage to every enemy hit.

  • WLiving Shadow

    Passive: Zed gains 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. Reac...

  • EShadow Slash

    Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed.

  • RDeath Mark

    Zed becomes untargetable and dashes to an enemy champion, marking them. After 3 seconds the mark triggers, repeating a portion of all the damage Zed dealt to the target while they were marked.