# Zed Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Zed: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/zed · Patch: 26.22 · Mid lane

## Zed — the Master of Shadows

- Tier: S+ (#4 of 122 in Mid lane)
- Win rate: 49.2%
- Pick: 7.9%
- Ban: 25.6%
- Games: 32,401

## Runes

- **Inspiration**: First Strike, Cash Back, Triple Tonic, Jack Of All Trades
- **Precision**: Legend: Haste, Cut Down
- Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Ignite

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Blade, Health Potion
- **Lethality** (Win rate: 50.9% · Games: 13,356): Voltaic Cyclosword → Bastionbreaker → Lord Dominik's Regards → (Serylda's Grudge / Edge of Night) → (Edge of Night / Endless Hunger / Serpent's Fang)
- **Attack Damage** (Win rate: 44.7% · Games: 1,055): Eclipse → Voltaic Cyclosword → Lord Dominik's Regards → (Serylda's Grudge / Edge of Night) → (Edge of Night / Endless Hunger / Serpent's Fang)
- Boots: Ionian Boots of Lucidity

## Skill order

Q > E > W

## Struggles against

- Wukong: -14.3 pp win rate difference (14 games)
- Fiora: -12.5 pp win rate difference (16 games)
- Master Yi: -10.9 pp win rate difference (23 games)
- Tahm Kench: -10.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Xin Zhao: -7.1 pp win rate difference (21 games)

## Strong against

- Varus: +17.5 pp win rate difference (40 games)
- Tristana: +12.5 pp win rate difference (72 games)
- Karthus: +11.9 pp win rate difference (21 games)
- Ezreal: +11.7 pp win rate difference (47 games)
- Smolder: +11.5 pp win rate difference (39 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

- [OTPs](https://gamerone.org/en/champion/zed/otp)
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- [Tier List & Builds](https://gamerone.org/en/tier-list)