Zed
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 6.9%picked in 1,238 of 18,051 games
- Ban
- 14.1%2,416 bans over 17,105 games, against 16.0% in soloQ
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 Top.Win rateDraftLength
- How to play itFirst Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 79% of top laners.DuelistSplit-push
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- Win rateWins more in amateur play
- Amateur
- 65.2%
- SoloQ
- 52.1%
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.2%
- SoloQ
- 0.3%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 13.7%
- SoloQ
- 16.0%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28.4 min
- SoloQ
- 26.5 min
How to play it?
First Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesFirst Strike69% · 1,569
SpellsFlash + Ignite56% · 1,273
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Voltaic Cyclosword
- Bastionbreaker
- Edge of Night
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 79% of top laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop22%32% · top laners: 28%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Duelist
- Split-push
Like other top laners
- Plays teamfights
- Team damage
What it is not
- Little CC
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 98% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 95 of 100 among top laners+585 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 98 of 100 among top laners+1,152 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 14 of 100 among top laners447 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 26 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 79 of 100 among top laners32% · median 28%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 8 of 100 among top laners0.3 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 73 of 100 among top laners23% · median 20%
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
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
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.
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.3%2,035 picks of 609,383ban 16.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%39 picks of 21,472ban 13.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
15.8% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 0.3%G113 games of 4,078
- 0.4%G218 games of 4,080
- 0.7%G3+13 games of 1,754
Not enough series yet: published from 30.