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Zed

Zed ARAM

the Master of Shadows
Champion Win Rate: 45.9%
Pick Rate: 9.0%
Analyzed: 39492 ARAM matches
Players: Platinum+
Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
Mid Jungle ARAM

Zed ARAM Guide

C Tier

Zed in ARAM has a 45.9% win rate (#155 among all champions) and high 9.0% pick rate on patch 15.15 (25.15)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 39492 ARAM games. Most popular build starts with Ionian Boots of Lucidity, into Axiom Arc, Eclipse. Averages 2.9 KDA (#116 among all champions). Zed deals primarily physical damage, strong in magic-heavy team comps. When playing ARAM, most players max abilities in Q > E > W order. Most used runes for this build are Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter, for Domination primary and Presence of Mind, Coup de Grace, for Precision secondary. Zed is strong in ARAM against Ahri, Azir, Taliyah, and weak against Naafiri, Briar, and Kayle.

Zed Roles

Zed

  • Mid
    (Mid - 48.9%) 35845 games

  • Jungle
    (Jungle - 47.9%) 35068 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 39492 ARAM games

Zed ARAM Stats

45.9%
Win Rate (Role)
0.0100
Penta/Game
16.2
Kills/Game
12.1
Deaths/Game
18.4
Assists/Game
2.07
CS/Min
722
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 87.9%
Magic: 4.8%
True: 7.34%

Overall Champion Matrix

Zed ARAM Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Mark
Mark Throw a snowball in a straight line at your enemies. If it hits an enemy, they become marked, granting True Sight, and your champion can quickly travel to the marked target as a follow up.
45.7% Win Rate 87.8% Pick Rate34686 games

Highest Win Rate
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
Mark
Mark Throw a snowball in a straight line at your enemies. If it hits an enemy, they become marked, granting True Sight, and your champion can quickly travel to the marked target as a follow up.
53.9% Win Rate 0.1% Pick Rate20 games

Zed ARAM Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Long Sword
Long Sword (350 gold) 10 Attack Damage
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
45.7% Win Rate 81.6% Pick Rate32237 games
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
45.1% Win Rate 65.3% Pick Rate25804 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
45.8% Win Rate 20.8% Pick Rate8230 games
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
46.7% Win Rate 2.9% Pick Rate1141 games
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
20 Ability Haste
Flux
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund some of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
Eclipse
Eclipse (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
Ever Rising Moon
Hitting a champion with 2 separate Attacks or Abilities within 2 seconds grants you a Shield for 2 seconds.
46.4% Win Rate 8.7% Pick Rate3420 games
Final Build
Edge of Night
Edge of Night (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
250 Health
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
50.4% Win Rate 15.5% Pick Rate6133 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Long Sword
Long Sword (350 gold) 10 Attack Damage
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
Guardian's Blade
Guardian's Blade (950 gold) 30 Attack Damage
150 Health
15 Ability Haste
63.6% Win Rate 0.3% Pick Rate130 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
46.9% Win Rate 0.4% Pick Rate170 games
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
46.7% Win Rate 2.9% Pick Rate1141 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
45.8% Win Rate 20.8% Pick Rate8230 games
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
20 Ability Haste
Flux
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund some of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge (3000 gold) 45 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
15 Ability Haste
Bitter Cold
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies below 50% Health by 30% for 1 second.
48.7% Win Rate 4.2% Pick Rate1659 games
Final Build
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
4% Move Speed
Haunt
Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
Wraith Step
Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
53.5% Win Rate 3.1% Pick Rate1232 games
Other Items
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge (3000 gold) 45 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
15 Ability Haste
Bitter Cold
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies below 50% Health by 30% for 1 second.
48.8% Win Rate 13.4% Pick Rate5292 games
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Galvanize
Dashes and Stealth stack Energized 75% faster.
Firmament
Your Energized Attack deals bonus physical damage and Slows for 0.75 seconds.
50.1% Win Rate 9.8% Pick Rate3882 games
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Fang (2500 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
Shield Reaver
Damaging an enemy champion reduces Shields they gain by % for 3 seconds.
If they were not already affected by Shield Reaver, reduce Shields on them by %.
46.7% Win Rate 7.2% Pick Rate2843 games
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist
Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
50.2% Win Rate 6.8% Pick Rate2674 games
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
450 Health
Dragonforce
Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
Focused Will
Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
50.3% Win Rate 5.5% Pick Rate2188 games
The Collector
The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
25% Critical Strike Chance
Death
Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
Taxes
Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
45.5% Win Rate 4.5% Pick Rate1761 games
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
4% Move Speed
Haunt
Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
Wraith Step
Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
53.5% Win Rate 3.1% Pick Rate1232 games

Zed ARAM Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest

Damaging a Champion below 50% health deals adaptive damage and harvests their soul, perma…

Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Secondary Path
Precision
Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

45.0% Win Rate 68.1% Pick Rate26902 games

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Domination
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

50.5% Win Rate 7.4% Pick Rate2934 games

Zed best with

Sona Synergy Champion
+7.5%
Sona
Sona

Zed ARAM Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
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W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
43.4% Win Rate 66.2% Pick Rate26132 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

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2
3
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5
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
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W
W
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W
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E
E
E
E
E
E
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R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
49.8% Win Rate 1.7% Pick Rate687 games

Countered by Zed

Ahri - countered by Zed
+3.2%
Ahri
Ahri
Azir - countered by Zed
+5.6%
Azir
Azir
Taliyah - countered by Zed
+3.3%
Taliyah
Taliyah
Kassadin - countered by Zed
+3.2%
Kassadin
Kassadin
Aurelion Sol - countered by Zed
+3.7%
Aurelion Sol
Aurelion Sol
Yone - countered by Zed
+4.7%
Yone
Yone
Syndra - countered by Zed
+2.8%
Syndra
Syndra
Nunu & Willump - countered by Zed
+2.1%
Nunu & Willump
Nunu & Willump
Talon - countered by Zed
+3.4%
Talon
Talon
Orianna - countered by Zed
+1.8%
Orianna
Orianna
Aurora - countered by Zed
+3.6%
Aurora
Aurora
Mel - countered by Zed
+3.5%
Mel
Mel

Zed Counterpicks

Naafiri - effective counter againstZed
-6.3%
Naafiri
Naafiri
Briar - effective counter againstZed
-5.4%
Briar
Briar
Kayle - effective counter againstZed
-4.2%
Kayle
Kayle
Irelia - effective counter againstZed
-5.7%
Irelia
Irelia
Trundle - effective counter againstZed
-3.5%
Trundle
Trundle
Warwick - effective counter againstZed
-3.8%
Warwick
Warwick
Wukong - effective counter againstZed
-4.6%
Wukong
Wukong
Vel'Koz - effective counter againstZed
-4.7%
Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz
Udyr - effective counter againstZed
-6.0%
Udyr
Udyr
Diana - effective counter againstZed
-1.1%
Diana
Diana
Rammus - effective counter againstZed
-4.2%
Rammus
Rammus
Master Yi - effective counter againstZed
-5.2%
Master Yi
Master Yi

Zed lore:

Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia's magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order.

Zed tips:

  • Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
  • Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
  • Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Playing Against Zed

  • Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
  • After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
  • Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Zed abilities description:

Contempt for the Weak
P
Contempt for the Weak (passive)
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.
Razor Shuriken
Q
Razor Shuriken (Q)
Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens.

Each shuriken deals damage to every enemy hit.
Living Shadow
W
Living Shadow (W)
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. Reactivating Living Shadow will cause Zed to switch positions with this shadow.
Shadow Slash
E
Shadow Slash (E)
Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed.
Death Mark
R
Death Mark (R)
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.

Zed Skins and Splash Arts

Default Zed Default Zed
Shockblade Zed Shockblade Zed
SKT T1 Zed SKT T1 Zed
PROJECT: Zed PROJECT: Zed
Worlds 2016 Zed Worlds 2016 Zed
Death Sworn Zed Death Sworn Zed
Galaxy Slayer Zed Galaxy Slayer Zed
PsyOps Zed PsyOps Zed
Prestige PROJECT: Zed Prestige PROJECT: Zed
Debonair Zed Debonair Zed
Empyrean Zed Empyrean Zed
Immortal Journey Zed Immortal Journey Zed
Blood Moon Zed Blood Moon Zed
Quantum Galaxy Slayer Zed Quantum Galaxy Slayer Zed
Prestige Spirit Blossom Zed Prestige Spirit Blossom Zed