Champion profile

Zed in draft

Played at Mid in 77% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

9 %

picked or banned · 86th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.3%

Picked 2% · 60 of 2,708 gamesBanned 7% · 143 of 2,007 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

2,708 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 46 games at Mid. · 149 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (2,007 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersDuelistDamagePokeSplit-pushFew teamfightsCarries its own killsLittle CC

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · Build2 paths: Voltaic Cyclosword or Eclipse.

First Strike

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Zed, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

3.4%14,074 picks out of 415,601banned in 19.3% of games · 14,368 of 74,465patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

0.8%31 picks out of 3,686banned in 6.7% of games · 89 of 1,329patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.1%3 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 11% and 20% since 16.12 · 15.8% on 16.21 · 15.8% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	15.8%	2,671	First Strike64% · 46
16.20	15.8%	7,858	First Strike68% · 144
16.19	18.6%	6,733	First Strike64% · 145
16.18	17.6%	5,762	First Strike69% · 129
16.17	19.7%	5,728	First Strike70% · 152
16.16	17.7%	5,992	First Strike59% · 112
16.15	16.8%	5,530	First Strike64% · 123
16.14	12.9%	5,702	First Strike61% · 96
16.13	11.6%	7,391	First Strike58% · 106
16.12	10.5%	5,118	First Strike57% · 67

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

143 bans of 2,007 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Below the floor: no measure published.

G110 of 749
G29 of 749
G3+5 of 321

Once burnt, the series moves to

Below the floor: no measure published. · published from 30 series

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (10), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Mid when Zed is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

143 games where it is banned · 1,822 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Zed ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Malphite×1.38

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

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

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itDuelistDamagePokeSplit-push

What it is notFew teamfightsCarries its own killsLittle CC

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 10:36 (12:00), 2nd at 18:12 (20:42), 3rd at 24:18 (27:00).

46 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
SyndraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MilioSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JhinADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TristanaADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NautilusSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 5 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 46 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, all regions. Patch + region does not reach 30 games (3).

Patch + region16.21 · 3 games, below the floor of 30
Patch16.21 · 72 games
2 patches284 games
Window46 games

Keystone + secondary tree

First Strike+

Precision

64% · 46 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

56% · 40 games

First maxed skill

100% · 72 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orConqueror+Resolve8% · 6 games
orElectrocute+Sorcery8% · 6 games

Other spells

orFlash + Teleport40% · 29 games
orCleanse + Flash4% · 3 games

72 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Voltaic Cyclosword75% · 11:00
Bastionbreaker73% · 18:42
Serpent's Fang27% · 25:00
Eclipse17% · 10:54
Black Cleaver50% · 20:00

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).

Patch

Presence

Games

Majority keystone

16.21

15.8%

2,671

First Strike64% · 46

16.20

15.8%

7,858

First Strike68% · 144

16.19

18.6%

6,733

First Strike64% · 145

16.18

17.6%

5,762

First Strike69% · 129

16.17

19.7%

5,728

First Strike70% · 152

16.16

17.7%

5,992

First Strike59% · 112

16.15

16.8%

5,530

First Strike64% · 123

16.14

12.9%

5,702

First Strike61% · 96

16.13

11.6%

7,391

First Strike58% · 106

16.12

10.5%

5,118

First Strike57% · 67

Facing

Games

Win rate

Reading

SyndraMID

Too few for a rate (7 of 30)

MilioSUP

Too few for a rate (6 of 30)

JhinADC

Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

TristanaADC

Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

NautilusSUP

Too few for a rate (5 of 30)