Top · 185 games

Zed

Top · 11% of games Jungle · 15%Mid · 70%Bot · 3%

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (56%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+220 gold).

Win rate: 50.3%; ±7.2 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #46 of 95
Pick rate: 1.0%; ban 17.9%
Games: 185; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Zed top wins 50.3% of 185 ranked games, rank 46 of 95 top champions (tier B). Most players finish Voltaic Cyclosword first, at about 10:48.

The build at a glance

What most Zed players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Voltaic Cyclosword 11:00 · 55% · 97 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity 13:12 · 71% of games

Item 2

Bastionbreaker 18:13 · 82% · 69 games

Item 3

Lord Dominik's Regards 22:14 · 37% · 18 games

Item 4 · late game

Endless Hunger 26:36 · 17 of 64 games

Item 5 · late game

Edge of Night 29:30 · 5 of 22 games

Runes

First Strike · Inspiration + Precision 15% of games · 39% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Blade + Health Potion 57% of games · 58% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Ignite 55% of games · 51% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Razor Shuriken first 98% of games · 51% wins Skill orders →

When Zed wins

Best when games end at 20–25′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′58% wins35% of games · 65

Lasts 25′ or more46% wins64% of games · 118

Lanes

No clear counters yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Zed games

First Baron: 85% against 33%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 33% 85% +53

First tower 27% 78% +51

Rift Herald 37% 73% +36

First dragon 44% 59% +15

First Voidgrubs 45% 57% +13

First blood 46% 56% +10

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Zed plays

More multikills, fewer control wards

What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More multikills a game0.54 against 0.41 · +32%

Fewer control wards a game0.51 against 0.68 · −25%

More damage a minute885 against 775 · +14%

More solo kills a game2.3 against 2.1 · +13%

Fewer assists a game4.7 against 5.2 · −10%

About average: deaths, damage to towers, time spent dead, kill participation, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:36

Item 2done ~18:06

Item 3done ~23:48

Item 4done ~28:00

Item 5done ~32:24

Most common full builds

Voltaic Cyclosword › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Bastionbreaker › Lord Dominik's Regards 45.5%11 games

Voltaic Cyclosword › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Bastionbreaker › Edge of Night 60.0%10 games

Voltaic Cyclosword › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Bastionbreaker › Serpent's Fang 50.0%8 games

Eclipse › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Voltaic Cyclosword › Lord Dominik's Regards 42.9%7 games

Voltaic Cyclosword › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Bastionbreaker › Serylda's Grudge 42.9%7 games

Voltaic Cyclosword › Bastionbreaker › Lord Dominik's Regards › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Endless Hunger 71.4%7 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Serpent's Fang 73%11

Bastionbreaker 59%27

Lord Dominik's Regards 52%21

Black Cleaver 50%6

Serylda's Grudge 50%8

Endless Hunger 42%12

Edge of Night 40%10

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Blade + Health Potion58.1%105

Long Sword + Refillable Potion32.3%31

Doran's Shield + Health Potion48.3%29

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~13:1251.5%132

Mercury's Treads ~17:3625.0%12

Plated Steelcaps ~14:0675.0%12

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite51.5%101

Flash + Teleport52.2%69

Exhaust + Flash50.0%8

Skills

Max

W50.8%181

Max

W50.0%2

Start

E50.8%118

Start

W49.2%61

Dies less than most top laners

Before 14 minutes Zed dies 2.0 times a game (average 2.4). 40% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 40% for the average top laner. 52% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.0deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.4)

40%involve the enemy junglerabout average (40%)

48%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (49%)

84%with no teammate nearabout average (83%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Zed dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

Ganks: 50% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 58% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 66% in your half of top lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average top laner

What kills Zed

Kind of death

Zed Average

Gank 40% (avg 40%)Collapse 8% (avg 9%)1-v-1 52% (avg 51%)

Who gets the kill

Zed Average

Bot laner 1% (avg 2%)Jungler 26% (avg 24%)Support 2% (avg 2%)Mid laner 8% (avg 7%)Top laner 63% (avg 63%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 7:00, then every minute

Zed Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 7:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Zed; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Zed wins fights

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.2 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.6 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.9 kills per death.

Your half of top lane 0.6 K/D 126 / 218

Their half of top lane 1.2 K/D 123 / 99

The top-side river 1.0 K/D 27 / 26

Your jungle 2.0 K/D 14 / 7

Their jungle 3.2 K/D 16 / 5

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Zed wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 16% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 17%). The team wins 66% when Zed is there and 71% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 16:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 51% against 50%; for Zed it is 44% against 53%.

Zed

What most Zed players run

Best when games end at 20–25′

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 85% against 33%

More multikills, fewer control wards

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

No clearly easy lane yet

Not enough games yet

Enemies that cost Zed games: Aphelios

Teammates that change Zed's games

Dies less than most top laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

What kills Zed

Ganks come at 7:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid