Zed Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.9%
- Pick rate
- 9.0%
- Ban rate
- 22.6%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Inspiration +
Precision 
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
Inspiration
Precision
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
E
W
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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Zed
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Zed wins 50.9% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (369 games).
- Most common core: Bastionbreaker → Serylda's Grudge → Voltaic Cyclosword — 79% win rate over 14 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 57% of games with a 55% win rate.
- Best matchup: Malphite (80% over 10 games). Hardest: Galio (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 23% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 87.5% | 2% (8) | |
| 64.1% | 21% (78) | |
| 58.0% | 19% (69) | |
| 54.8% | 8% (31) | |
| 54.3% | 41% (151) | |
| 53.7% | 51% (190) | |
| 53.0% | 89% (330) | |
| 50.3% | 41% (151) | |
| 47.1% | 28% (102) | |
| 45.5% | 15% (55) | |
| 45.0% | 5% (20) | |
| 40.6% | 9% (32) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Inspiration +
Precision
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
Inspiration
Precision
Inspiration +
Precision
Domination +
Sorcery 
Keystones
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
55.0%57% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
46.4%38% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
46.7%4% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
20.0%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
48.5%88% pick
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Flash + Teleport
68.6%9% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
75.0%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
75.0%12 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (67%), Q → E → W (100%).
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PContempt for the WeakZed'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.
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QRazor Shuriken
Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens.Each shuriken deals damage to every enemy hit.
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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...
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EShadow Slash
Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed.
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RDeath MarkZed 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.