Zed
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 2.2%picked in 59 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 7.0%137 bans over 1,958 games, against 19.2% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itFirst Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Lord Dominik's Regards: 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 draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.0%
- SoloQ
- 0.4%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 6.7%
- SoloQ
- 19.2%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
First Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesFirst Strike74% · 1,521
SpellsFlash + Ignite70% · 1,429- Voltaic Cyclosword
- Bastionbreaker
- Lord Dominik's Regards
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.
With
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.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.4%1,781 picks of 431,266ban 19.2% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.0%0 picks of 3,686ban 6.7% · 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 TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.