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the Master of Shadows

Zed Support build & stats

Assassin – 32 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
40.6%
Pick rate
0.1%
Ban rate
19.5%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Edge of Night
Edge of Night
3,000 gold
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Fang
2,500 gold
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge
3,000 gold
8,500 gold
40.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
45.0% 20 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
33.3% WR
6 games · 19% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
41.9% 31 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

  • Zed wins 40.6% of games as Support on patch 16.18 (32 games).
  • Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 50% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Banned in 19% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
45.0% WR
20 games · 63% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
66.7% WR
3 games · 9% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
60.0% 16% (5)
44.4% 84% (27)
42.9% 22% (7)
41.7% 38% (12)
40.0% 16% (5)
37.5% 25% (8)
33.3% 9% (3)
30.8% 41% (13)
0.0% 13% (4)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
33.3% WR
6 games · 19% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
4 games · 13% pick
First Strike Cash Back Triple Tonic Jack Of All Trades Cut Down Legend: Haste
Inspiration Inspiration + Domination Domination
100.0% WR
2 games · 6% pick
First Strike Cash Back Triple Tonic Cosmic Insight Ultimate Hunter Taste of Blood

Keystones

  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 50.0%50% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 35.7%44% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 41.9%97% 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.