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[2.1] Zed Guide - Outplay your opponents, Shadow Style

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Outplay your opponents, Shadow Style

Combos and outplay your enemies with this guide!

Zed Build

Best Build Guide for Zed

Starting Items

first recall

core items

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Duskblade of Draktharr

Mortal Reminder

optional

Blade of the Ruined King

Maw of Malmortius

boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Mercury's Treads

Plated Steelcaps

Gluttonous Greaves

Teleport Enchant

6 item build

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Duskblade of Draktharr

Mortal Reminder

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

To start off, buy a Long Sword .

The core items on Zed should be Youmuu's Ghostblade and Duskblade of Draktharr as it is better to not engage an enemy without finishing either one of these items. These two items both include the item Serrated Dirk which gives ad and armor pen, the essentials for Zed.
After completing the first two items of the build, then you could buy Mortal Reminder for more damage and armor pen. It also applies grievous wounds.
Instead of Mortal Reminder , Black Cleaver is also viable. Black Cleaver gives hp and ability haste, while Mortal Reminder gives grievous wounds and more damage. So it is very situational.
Survivability is also a way to tell a good Zed player from the rest! Phantom Dancer gives shielding and crit chance, build when enemies have hard burst. Death's Dance reduces damage taken in one go and makes is so that you have a lesser chance to get one shoted, build it when you're hard diving enemy carries. Maw of Malmortius shields magic damage, build it when enemy mages do the most damage. Guardian Angel lets you have two lives, build when your not very ahead.
Most of the time it's best to build Ionian Boots of Lucidity for cdr and ability haste, but other boots like Gluttonous Greaves and Mercury's Treads are also good in certain situations.

Zed Runes

Best Runes for Zed

Keystone

Electrocute

Domination

Brutal

Resolve

Hunter Titan

Inspiration

Sweet Tooth

Electrocute is the best and only rune that should be run on zed!

Brutal because brutal.

Hunter-Titan for hp and tenacity.

And for the inspiration rune, you can play sweet tooth, pathfinder or hunter-genius. All work well on Zed!

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Contempt For The Weak

Contempt For The Weak - Passive

Razor Shuriken

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Living Shadow

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Shadow Slash

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Death Mark

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash

Always take flash

Ignite

Extra damage to help with your one shot

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Ult

2nd

1st

3rd

AA

Ignite

Best used to one shot enemy adc or assassins

2nd

1st

Ult

A poking combo to proc electrocute

2nd

Ult

1st

3rd

Ignite

Ult

2nd

Place a shadow in a safe spot or in a bush, then proceed to one shot an enemy, then back away into the safely set shadow.

This combo follows the principle of hit and run. But you kill, not hit.

Zed Matchups & Counters

Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Easy

Annie

Easy

Lulu

Easy

Teemo

Easy

Ziggs

Medium

Akali

Medium

Aurelion Sol

Medium

Kennen

Medium

Yasuo

Medium

Lux

Medium

Twisted Fate

Hard

Gragas

Hard

Orianna

Hard

Seraphine

Skill

Ahri

Skill

Fizz

Zed

Zed is a fun but tricky champion to play! I linked a video to my friends channel where he shows you a gameplay on the mechanics of Zed

Zed gameplay video

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