Zed Wild Rift Guide, Build and Strategy

Zed is a melee assassin who relies on sending out Living Shadows that mimic his basic abilities, allowing him to reposition in teamfights and quickly strike down his foes. When played well, Zed can take down opponents before they even know what hit them.

How to Play Zedd

• Poke enemies with Razor Shuriken
• Chase or escape from enemies by using Living Shadow
• You can use Razor Shuriken with Living Shadow in poking enemies at a longer range or to deal more damage
• Living Shadow can also be used to juke enemies by swapping positiongs with your shadows
• Living Shadow can let you pass through walls
• Placing a Living Shadow before using a Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape
• Living Shadows provides vision in the map as well as on bush
• Hitting enemies with Shadow Slash reduces the coodown of Living Shadow
• Death Mark can also be used to dodge enemy skill shots as it gives an untargetable state while casting
• You can also use Death Mark’s Shadow to juke enemies
• Death Mark’s target will be visible to Zed for a couple of seconds
• Zed can easily takedown squishy enemy champions with just one combo
• Skill Combo: 4th Skill > 3rd Skill > 1st Skill > Basic Attack

Skills

Passive / Contempt for the Weak: Zed’s attack against enemies below 50% health deal bonus magic damage equal to 7% of their maximum health. (10 second per cooldown per enemy)

Skill 1 / Razor Shuriken: Zed and his shadows throw their shurikens, each dealing physical damage to the first enemy they hit and another physical damage to other enemies in their path.

Skill 2 / Living Shadow: Passive: Zed gains 35 energy whenever an ability strikes the same enemy twice. Energy can only be gained once per cast ability. Active: Zed’s shadow dashes forward, remaining in place for 4.5 seconds. Reactivating living shadow will cause Zed to swap positions with his shadow.

Skill 3 / Shadow Slash: Zed and his shadows slash, each dealing physical damage to nearby enemies and slowing them by 25% for 1.5 seconds. If enemies are hit by both slashes, the slow is increased by 50%.

Skill 4 / Death Mark: Zed became untargetable and dashes to enemy champion, marking them. After 3.5 seconds, the mark triggers, dealing physical damage equal to 64 (100%) plus 25% of all damage dealt to the target by Zed while the mark was active. The dash leaves a shadow behind for 6 seconds. Zed can reactivate Death Mark to switch positions with his shadow.

Item Build

Youmuu’s Ghostblade, Trinity Force, Ionian Stasis, Black Cleaver, Serylda’s Grudge, Guardian Angel

Runes

• Conqueror – Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities When fully stacked, deal bonus adaptive damage to champions. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Brutal – Gain 7 AD and 2% armor penetration, or 14AP and 2% magic penetration.
• Hunter Titan – Gain 20 max health. Unique champion takedowns grant 20 max health and 4% tenacity.
• Hunter Genius – Gain 2.5 Ability Haste. Unique champion takedowns grant 2.5 Ability Haste.

Spells

• Ignite
• Flash

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