How to play Zed
Zed – the Master of Shadows – is based on our LoL Mid Tier List on patch 14.12 a A-Tier 
Mid champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Zed has a win rate of 48.9%, a pick rate of 8.9%, a ban rate of 21.5% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the 
Assassin is in a good spot in the current meta of season 14. If you want to learn how to play Zed on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is mechanically advanced to play in LoL. This Zed guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Zed. The upcoming LoL Zed Mid Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.
Pregame Build
In champion select you need to choose your Zed runes and summoner spells. The best Zed Mid Runes 14.12 are 
Domination as the primary path and 
Sorcery as the secondary path. The most supportive Zed keystone rune is 
Electrocute. 
Flash and Teleport are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Zed Build the most.
Item Build on Zed
The starter items for the best Zed Build on patch 14.12 are 
Doran's Shield, 
Health Potion, and a 
Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Zed items are 
Voltaic Cyclosword and 
Edge of Night. 
Ionian Boots of Lucidity are the most bought Zed boots by Pros. This Zed Build will vastly increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.
Zed Abilities
At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability 
Razor Shuriken on Zed. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Razor Shuriken into 
Shadow Slash and at last 
Living Shadow. Razor Shuriken is a very strong ability of Zed in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called 
Contempt for the Weak and there is no need to set it manually on a Zed Build.
Zed's basic attacks against low health targets deals bonus Magic Damage. This effect can only occur once every few seconds against the same enemy champion.
Biography
Read Zed's bioUtterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia’s magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order.
Available Zed Skins
Besides the Zed build you can select a skin for Zed. The best Zed skins you can find below.
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- Featured Video: ZED: DEATH MARK
This assassin doesn’t just strike from the shadows - he is the shadow. And they don’t stand a chance. - Short Story: The Man with the Steel Cane by Odin Austin Shafer
One. - Short Story: The Blade of Millennia by Michael McCarthy
Kayn stood confidently in the shadow of the noxtoraa, surrounded by dead soldiers, and smiled at the irony. These triumphal arches of dark stone were raised to honor the strength of Noxus—to instill fear and to demand fealty from all who passed beneath them. Now this one was a tombstone, a monument to false strength and arrogance, and a symbol of the fallen warriors’ own fear turned against them. - Featured Video: Xayah and Rakan: Wild Magic
Restoring the wild magic of Ionia won’t be easy when a deadly enemy lurks in the shadows. - Featured Video: Zed: Login Theme