Zed Build Guide - Runes, Items, and Stats Patch 16.4 - Blitz.gg

Tier

Win Rate

Win Rate Change

Pick rate

Ban rate

Matches

Playstyle Builds

Pro Builds

Patch: 16.4

Runes

Glacial Augment

Unsealed Spellbook

First Strike

Summoner Spells

Items

Starting Items

Build Order

Completed Items

Situational Items

Ability Max Order

66%

45,090 games

Q

E

W

1

Q

2

E

3

W

4

Q

5

Q

6

R

7

Q

8

E

9

Q

10

E

11

E

12

R

13

E

14

W

15

W

16

W

17

R

18

W

Damage Breakdown

84%

11%

Key Insights

Enemy champions hit by
E
reduces
W
's cooldown by 2 seconds.
Q
deals 60% reduced damage to enemies beyond the first.
Zed can swap places with
R
's Shadow from any distance.
Zed is untargetable during
R
's cast.
Zed restores energy anytime he and a Shadow land an ability on the same target, up to once per cast.

Strengths

Excels at all-ins and short trades.
Excels with items that enhance his lethality, burst damage, and mobility.
Has a lot of outplay potential with
W
/
R
.
Has consistently high burst damage, especially when combo'd with
R
.

Weaknesses

Directly countered by anyone who purchases
or
.
Significantly harder to play when behind.
W
has a longer cooldown of 20 seconds at rank 1. Once used, he can be punished.
Struggles against most crowd control.

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