Zed Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 53.0%
- Pick rate
- 8.8%
- Ban rate
- 23.1%
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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
Finish these three
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 53.0% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (666 games).
- Most common core: Bastionbreaker → Edge of Night → Serylda's Grudge — 67% win rate over 33 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 58% of games with a 57% win rate.
- Best matchup: Akshan (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Orianna (27% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 23% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 71.4% | 3% (21) | |
| 62.1% | 9% (58) | |
| 61.0% | 15% (100) | |
| 60.4% | 24% (159) | |
| 57.1% | 8% (56) | |
| 56.9% | 52% (343) | |
| 55.3% | 39% (262) | |
| 54.6% | 89% (595) | |
| 54.5% | 41% (275) | |
| 52.0% | 15% (100) | |
| 51.3% | 28% (189) | |
| 46.9% | 5% (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
Domination +
Sorcery 
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.
57.0%58% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
48.4%37% 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.
46.2%4% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
33.3%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
51.0%88% pick
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Flash + Teleport
67.6%10% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
66.7%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
80.0%15 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (73%), 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.