Jungle Matchup

Rengar vs Zed

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Rengar

Rengar

the Pridestalker
Jungle
Rengar Jungle Overall Win Rate
46.98%

Matchup Win Rate

55.2%
Rengar vs Zed Wins
⚔
44.8%
Zed vs Rengar Wins
Zed

Zed

the Master of Shadows
Jungle
Zed Jungle Overall Win Rate
48.36%

Rengar vs Zed - Jungle Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Rengar Jungle vs Zed Jungle - Who is stronger?

Rengar Jungle performs well against Zed (55.2% win rate) based on 655 games. This matchup works well for Rengar players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Rengar Jungle vs Zed Jungle in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 61.5% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Rengar (4.8% pick rate, 12th most popular out of 63 Jungle champions) versus Zed (5.4%, 14th place). These two jungle titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Even tiers, uneven results: Both champions sit at C-tier, but Rengar claims a meaningful 55.2% vs 44.8% advantage. Rengar's kit synergizes better in this specific head-to-head matchup. Silver lining: While Rengar's 47.0% overall win rate (60th among Jungle) struggles in the current meta, this matchup against Zed offers a bright spot for dedicated players. Amplify your advantage: The First Strike + Magical Footwear rune setup achieves 64.1% win rate (2.3% popularity), while the core build Opportunity > Profane Hydra > Edge of Night with Ionian Boots of Lucidity (61.5% win rate) lets you snowball advantages into guaranteed victories by 15 minutes.

Win through macro: Rengar takes the matchup (55.17%) despite falling behind in CS (5.93 vs 6.40/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Rengar wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (695 vs 730/min), the 55.2% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Rengar wins the matchup (55.2%) despite a lower KDA (2.20 vs 2.60). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Rengar vs Zed - Jungle Stats Comparison

Rengar Jungle
Rengar Jungle		Versus
Zed Jungle
Zed Jungle
CTierC
55.2%Matchup Winrate44.8%
46.98%Role Winrate48.36%
#60Winrate Rank#57
4.8%Pickrate5.4%
2.2Average KDA2.6
447Gold per Minute449
5.93CS/Min6.40
0.15Wards per Minute0.18
695Damage per Minute730

How to Beat Zed as Rengar (Jungle)

The Rengar versus Zed matchup in the jungle is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Except for rare builds, Rengar deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Zed deals mainly physical damage (86.51%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Zed, ranking 20th (versus 37th for Rengar) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.6 versus 2.2) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Rengar Jungle versus Zed Jungle matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Rengar player to maintain constant pressure on Zed, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Rengar vs Zed: Jungle Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Smite
Smite Deals true damage to a monster or minion.
50.0% Win Rate88.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
Smite
Smite Deals true damage to a monster or minion.
50.1% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate

Rengar vs Zed: Jungle Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is Energized

Energized attacks heal you for 10 - 130 (+0.1 Bonus AD, +0.05 AP) and grant 20% Move Speed for 1s.

For Ranged Champions, Healing is 60% effective and Move Speed is 75% effective. All healing is 15% effective against Minions.

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is EnergizedEn…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Cut Down
Cut Down Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

Cut Down

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

Secondary Path
Domination
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on level to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth for 4s.

Cooldown: 10s

Sudden Impact

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

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

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

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

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

Scaling Health

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

50.3% Win Rate59.6% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
First Strike
First Strike Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat grant 10 gold and First Strike for 3 seconds, causing you to deal 7% extra damage against champions, and granting 50% (35% for ranged champions) of bonus damage dealt as gold.

Cooldown: 25 - 15s

First Strike

Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat g…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice.
Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force.
Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.

Triple Tonic

Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice.Upon reaching level 6, gain an…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Domination
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on level to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth for 4s.

Cooldown: 10s

Sudden Impact

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

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

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

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

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

Scaling Health

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

64.1% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate

Rengar vs Zed: Jungle Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Gustwalker Hatchling
Gustwalker Hatchling (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Gustwalker that assists you against monsters.
Gustwalker's Gait
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it grants Move Speed upon entering brush, increased when killing large monsters.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
47.2% Win Rate48.4% Pick Rate
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.
48.4% Win Rate55.7% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.0% Win Rate10.2% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
46.9% Win Rate8.8% Pick Rate
Core Build
The Brutalizer
The Brutalizer (1337 gold) 25 Attack Damage
10 Ability Haste
5 Lethality
->
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.
Opportunity
Opportunity (2700 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
Preparation
After being out of combat with Champions for 8 seconds gain Lethality. This Lethality lasts for 3 seconds after dealing damage to champions.
Extraction
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, gain 200 decaying Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
49.7% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate
Final Build
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
61.4% Win Rate14.5% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Scorchclaw Pup
Scorchclaw Pup (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Scorchclaw that assists you against monsters.
Scorchclaw's Slash
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it periodically imbues your next Attack or Ability to burn enemies and Slow them. Killing large monsters readies this immediately.
55.1% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.0% Win Rate10.2% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
48.4% Win Rate55.7% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
46.9% Win Rate8.8% Pick Rate
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
Opportunity
Opportunity (2700 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
Preparation
After being out of combat with Champions for 8 seconds gain Lethality. This Lethality lasts for 3 seconds after dealing damage to champions.
Extraction
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, gain 200 decaying Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Profane Hydra
Profane Hydra (3200 gold) 60 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Heretical Cleave
Deal physical damage around you.
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.
61.5% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
Final Build
Ravenous Hydra
Ravenous Hydra (3300 gold) 65 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
12% Life Steal
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.Ravenous Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
Your Life Steal applies to this damage.
69.1% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate
Other Items
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.
55.2% Win Rate12.3% Pick Rate
Profane Hydra
Profane Hydra (3200 gold) 60 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Heretical Cleave
Deal physical damage around you.
62.3% Win Rate10.7% Pick Rate
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 %.
46.8% Win Rate7.3% Pick Rate
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.
66.7% Win Rate7.2% Pick Rate
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.
54.0% Win Rate4.8% Pick Rate
Ravenous Hydra
Ravenous Hydra (3300 gold) 65 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
12% Life Steal
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.Ravenous Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
Your Life Steal applies to this damage.
69.1% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
57.0% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate

Rengar vs Zed: Jungle Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Savagery Rengar's next Attack brutally stabs his target for bonus damage.

Ferocity effect: deals increased damage and grants Attack Speed.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Battle Roar Rengar lets out a battle roar, damaging enemies and healing for some of the recent damage he has taken.

Ferocity effect: additionally breaks crowd control effects.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Bola Strike Rengar throws a bola, slowing the first target hit for a short duration.

Ferocity effect: roots the target.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Thrill of the Hunt Rengar's predatory instincts take over, Camouflaging him and revealing the nearest enemy champion in a large radius around him. During Thrill of the Hunt, Rengar gains Move Speed and he can leap to the tracked enemy without being in brush, reducing their armor.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
49.1% Win Rate78.1% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Q
Savagery Rengar's next Attack brutally stabs his target for bonus damage.

Ferocity effect: deals increased damage and grants Attack Speed.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Battle Roar Rengar lets out a battle roar, damaging enemies and healing for some of the recent damage he has taken.

Ferocity effect: additionally breaks crowd control effects.
W
W
W
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W
R
E
Bola Strike Rengar throws a bola, slowing the first target hit for a short duration.

Ferocity effect: roots the target.
E
E
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E
R
R
Thrill of the Hunt Rengar's predatory instincts take over, Camouflaging him and revealing the nearest enemy champion in a large radius around him. During Thrill of the Hunt, Rengar gains Move Speed and he can leap to the tracked enemy without being in brush, reducing their armor.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
65.6% Win Rate4.3% Pick Rate

Rengar tips:

  • Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
  • A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
  • Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

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.

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+1.9%
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+1.8%
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-1.3%
Viego

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-1.4%
Shaco

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-2.2%
Pantheon

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-2.6%
Volibear

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-3.2%
Master Yi

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-3.5%
Warwick

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-4.0%
Vi

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-4.0%
Diana

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-4.0%
Jarvan IV

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-4.1%
Trundle

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-4.5%
Xin Zhao

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-4.9%
Briar

Rengar vs Briar

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-5.2%
Graves

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-5.4%
Lee Sin

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-7.0%
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