Zed Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 47.6%
- Pick rate
- 6.8%
- Ban rate
- 18.6%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
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.
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Legend: Haste
Cut Down
Summoner spells
48.1%
609 games
Max order
Q
E
W
48.9%
186 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Zed
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Zed wins 47.6% of games as Mid on patch 16.16 (866 games).
- Most common core: Voltaic Cyclosword → Bastionbreaker → Axiom Arc — 90% win rate over 10 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 75% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Kassadin (69% over 13 games). Hardest: Nasus (22% over 23 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 19% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 67.6% | 13% (111) | |
| 57.0% | 27% (237) | |
| 56.4% | 30% (264) | |
| 55.9% | 23% (195) | |
| 52.1% | 19% (167) | |
| 51.9% | 3% (27) | |
| 51.2% | 61% (525) | |
| 49.3% | 90% (783) | |
| 47.4% | 22% (192) | |
| 45.8% | 19% (166) | |
| 38.5% | 3% (26) | |
| 34.6% | 3% (26) |
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.
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Legend: Haste
Cut Down
Inspiration +
Precision
Inspiration +
Precision
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.
49.5%75% 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.
42.3%12% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
39.0%12% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
75.0%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
48.1%70% pick
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Flash + Teleport
46.6%27% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
33.3%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
48.9%186 games
Q
W
E
100.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (49%), Q → E → W (46%), W → Q → E (75%).
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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.