Zed Build
Latest Zed build for League of Legends with items, runes, summoner spells, skill order, counters and patch data.
Zed Build Guide
Zed remains a heavily picked mid lane assassin, holding a 6.94% pickrate with a 49.93% winrate on patch 16.13.1 ranked data. He’s also flexible into the jungle role according to the lane data. First Strike suits his poke-then-burst pattern, rewarding damage dealt before the target can react.
The core build takes Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, and Serylda’s Grudge, a path focused on burst damage, cooldown reduction, and armor penetration. Skill order runs Q, E, W, keeping Razor Shuriken maxed for poke and burst combos. The full item path, rune page, and counter picks are laid out in the guide below.
Zed Build
Imported from op.gg · updated every 48 hours · last update Aug 1, 2026.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Zed Runes — Inspiration + Precision
First Strike 
Cash Back 
Triple Tonic 
Jack Of All Trades 
Cut Down 
Legend: Haste 
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force 
Health Scaling Zed Summoner Spells
Flash 
IgniteZed Skill Order
Ability Order by Level
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Zed Runes — Inspiration + Domination
First Strike Cash Back Triple Tonic 
Cosmic Insight 
Treasure Hunter 
Sudden Impact Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Health Scaling Zed Summoner Spells
Flash 
SmiteZed Skill Order
Ability Order by Level
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Zed Counters
Weak Against
42.0% 143 games 
42.2% 128 games 
47.4% 156 games 
48.6% 144 games 
48.7% 113 games Strong Against
58.0% 100 games 
57.3% 110 games 
56.8% 199 games 
56.8% 185 games 
55.3% 228 games Win rates are Zed's results against each champion, imported from op.gg.
Zed Build FAQ
Based on current ranked data (op.gg, patch 16.15.1), the strongest recorded Zed build in Middle goes Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge as core items, with a 50.20% win rate across 19,886 games.
The most played rune page runs First Strike (Inspiration) with Precision as the secondary tree.
Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge.
Based on real matchup data, Zed struggles most against Twisted Fate, Fizz, Akali.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.