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 Jul 16, 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
Ignite
Zed 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
Smite
Zed 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
41.5%
176 games
43.1%
109 games
43.3%
217 games
43.4%
198 games
44.2%
466 games
Strong Against
61.2%
116 games
59.4%
138 games
58.5%
106 games
57.4%
108 games
57.3%
370 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 16.13.1), the strongest recorded Zed build in Middle goes Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge as core items, with a 49.58% win rate across 15,383 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 Malphite, Annie, Xerath.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.