Champion sheet · Jungle

Zed

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.0%#27 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.9%picked in 1,238 of 18,053 games
Ban: 14.1%2,417 bans over 17,107 games, against 16.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle52.0% between 48.1% and 55.9% over 450 gamesSoloQ 45.9%: clear gap

Median length30.2 minsoloQ 27.1 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itFirst Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 97% of junglers.DuelistDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
52.0%
SoloQ
45.9%
52.0% win rate in amateur play over 450 games, against 45.9% in soloQ over 7,174 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.4%
SoloQ
1.0%
1.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
13.7%
SoloQ
16.0%
13.7% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 16.0% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.2 min
SoloQ
27.1 min
Median of 30.2 min in amateur play, against 27.1 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

First Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFirst Strike88% · 6,335

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 7,168

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 44 games

Core (3 legendaries)23% · 936

23%of soloQ games

Voltaic Cyclosword
Bastionbreaker
Edge of Night

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 97% of junglers.

Team damagetop3%23% · junglers: 17%
Takes its kills in duelstop9%27% · junglers: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Poke

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Jungle farm
Invade

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 58 in lane, 84 in mid game and 71 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

389+6 vs 383

882+86 vs 796

1,143+87 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Zedjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 95% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 58 of 100 among junglers389 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 84 of 100 among junglers882 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 71 of 100 among junglers1,143 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 95 of 100 among junglers+439 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 95 of 100 among junglers+801 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 69 of 100 among junglers4.9 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 20 of 100 among junglers504 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 15 of 100 among junglers48% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 91 of 100 among junglers27% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 8 of 100 among junglersrank 8 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 9 of 100 among junglers0.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 97 of 100 among junglers23% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 54 of 100 among junglers66 · median 66
Invade · rank 64 of 100 among junglers8% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Malphite55.3% · expected 50.3% · 38 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -1.5

Junglegap to expected

Sylas60.0% · expected 50.9% · 35 g+9.1 ptSoloQ 0.0

Vi60.0% · expected 51.2% · 30 g+8.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Lee Sin54.8% · expected 53.3% · 42 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa61.1% · expected 51.7% · 36 g+9.4 ptSoloQ -2.9

Caitlyn52.5% · expected 50.1% · 40 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +2.2

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus61.5% · expected 53.6% · 39 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -1.2

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara64.7% · expected 54.5% · 34 g+10.3 ptSoloQ -2.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus51.3% · expected 50.4% · 39 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -2.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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