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the Master of Shadows

Zed Mid build & stats

Assassin B 310 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
47.1%
Pick rate
7.4%
Ban rate
19.9%
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

Solid sample

Finish these three

Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
3,000 gold
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge
3,000 gold
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword
3,000 gold
9,000 gold
70.0% WR 10 games

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
900 gold
50.8% 187 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
9 games · 3% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
48.8% 41 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 47.1% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (310 games).
  • Most common core: Bastionbreaker → Edge of Night → Serylda's Grudge — 52% win rate over 21 games.
  • Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 65% of games with a 48% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Zoe (64% over 11 games). Hardest: Fizz (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Banned in 20% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
Edge of Night
Edge of Night
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge
52.4% WR
21 games · 7% pick
Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc
37.5% WR
16 games · 5% pick
Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword
70.0% WR
10 games · 3% pick

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
50.8% WR
187 games · 60% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
40.6% WR
69 games · 22% pick
Immortal Path
Immortal Path
50.0% WR
30 games · 10% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
57.9% 18% (57)
54.5% 39% (121)
52.9% 16% (51)
51.8% 54% (166)
51.6% 10% (31)
51.4% 24% (74)
50.9% 37% (116)
50.0% 8% (26)
48.4% 89% (277)
48.1% 25% (79)
28.6% 2% (7)
25.0% 4% (12)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
52.2% WR
69 games · 22% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
55.8% WR
43 games · 14% pick
First Strike Cash Back Triple Tonic Cosmic Insight Cut Down Legend: Haste
Inspiration Inspiration + Precision Precision
36.6% WR
41 games · 13% pick
First Strike Cash Back Triple Tonic Jack Of All Trades Legend: Haste Cut Down

Keystones

  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 48.5%65% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 47.7%28% 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. 29.4%5% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 40.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 47.1%84% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 48.8%13% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 33.3%1% 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.