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the Master of Shadows

Zed build & stats

Assassin A 15 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
66.7%
Pick rate
6.4%
Ban rate
0.0%

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc
2,750 g
The Collector
The Collector
3,000 g
Eclipse
Eclipse
2,900 g
8,650 g
75.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 g
62.5% 8 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
100.0% WR
5 games · 33% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Sudden Impact Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos Grisly Mementos
Ultimate Hunter Ultimate Hunter
Coup de Grace Coup de Grace
Presence of Mind Presence of Mind
Shards AF AF HP

Summoner spells

Flash Mark 66.7% 15 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

  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 40% of games with a 50% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
62.5% WR
8 games · 53% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
33.3% WR
3 games · 20% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 53% (8)
75.0% 27% (4)
71.4% 47% (7)
61.5% 87% (13)
57.1% 47% (7)
33.3% 40% (6)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
100.0% WR
5 games · 33% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Sudden Impact Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos Grisly Mementos
Ultimate Hunter Ultimate Hunter
Coup de Grace Coup de Grace
Presence of Mind Presence of Mind
Shards AF AF HP
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
100.0% WR
2 games · 13% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Scorch Transcendence
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
0.0% WR
2 games · 13% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Coup de Grace Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 50.0%40% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 83.3%40% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 66.7%20% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 66.7%100% 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.