Zed Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.1%
- Pick rate
- 8.1%
- Ban rate
- 19.6%
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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 50.1% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (9,882 games).
- Most common core: Voltaic Cyclosword → Bastionbreaker → Lord Dominik's Regards — 56% win rate over 39 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 44% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Zilean (75% over 12 games). Hardest: Heimerdinger (18% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 20% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60.3% | 6% (587) | |
| 60.1% | 3% (281) | |
| 57.5% | 7% (654) | |
| 57.1% | 1% (70) | |
| 55.6% | 5% (471) | |
| 55.6% | 1% (63) | |
| 54.6% | 4% (427) | |
| 53.1% | 1% (96) | |
| 52.4% | 15% (1,472) | |
| 52.1% | 5% (503) | |
| 51.5% | 21% (2,052) | |
| 49.8% | 5% (450) |
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
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.
50.9%14% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
46.4%3% 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.
55.1%2% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
50.0%0% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
51.1%12% pick
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Flash + Teleport
47.5%5% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
50.0%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
56.8%227 games
Q
W
E
50.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (53%), Q → E → W (54%).
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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.