What are Zed's abilities?

Zed's kit: Contempt for the Weak (Passive), Q Razor Shuriken, W Living Shadow, E Shadow Slash, R Death Mark.

What position does Zed play?

Zed is typically played in the Assassin roles.

Champions / Zed

the Master of Shadows

Zed

AssassinDifficulty · High

Win rate

49.3%

Tier

BMid

Pick

11.7%

Ban

24.0%

// What they do

// Abilities

Passive

Contempt for the Weak

Zed's basic attacks against low health targets deals bonus Magic Damage. This effect can only occur once every few seconds against the same enemy champion.

// Base stats at level 1Bar = against every champion

Health654

Attack dmg63

Armor32

Magic resist29

Move speed345

Range125

// Skins

15 total · in-game view

// Playing them · playing against them

As Zed

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Against Zed

Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.

After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.

Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

// Lore

Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia's magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order.

// Worst matchupsAll →

Malphite42.7%

Jayce46.0%

Vex46.2%

// More on Zed

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At a glance

Released: 13 November 2012
Price: 675 BE · 585 RP
Range: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Role: Assassin
Positions: JungleMiddle

Basic attacksPlaystyleAbilities

Mode balance

ARAM · Damage dealt +5%
ARAM · Damage taken -5%
ARAM · Tenacity +20%
ARAM · Energy regen +20%
URF · Damage dealt -15%
URF · Damage taken +10%

Ability details

Innate: Zed's basic attacks on-hit against targets below 50% maximum health are empowered to deal 5 – 10 for 3 (based on level) of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage.
Against monsters, Contempt for the Weak deals 75% damage and is capped at 175.
Contempt for the Weak cannot occur on the same champion more than once every few seconds.

Targeting: Passive
Damage type: magic

Notes

The enhanced attack applies other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal (the bonus damage cannot).
Contempt for the Weak is not consumed when dodged or missed, but it is consumed when blocked.
Contempt for the Weak considers the target's health upon landing the attack, not when it's declared.
If the target falls below the threshold while Zed is winding up the attack, Contempt for the Weak applies, and vice versa.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures.

This page uses material from the Zed article on the League of Legends Wiki, and that material is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.