Champion sheet · Mid

Zed

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.8%#26 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.0%picked in 1,312 of 18,761 games
Ban: 13.8%2,447 bans over 17,754 games, against 16.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid55.2% between 52.2% and 58.2% over 730 gamesSoloQ 50.7%: clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26.6 min

Amateur: 19,023 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 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 Mid.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 98% of mid laners.DuelistDamagePokeSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +10.0 pts over 66 games, range above zero.+10.0 pt66 games
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 Mid.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
55.2%
SoloQ
50.7%
55.2% win rate in amateur play over 730 games, against 50.7% in soloQ over 20,334 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.9%
SoloQ
2.9%
1.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
13.4%
SoloQ
16.1%
13.4% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 16.1% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26.6 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26.6 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 Strike60% · 12,111

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite68% · 13,820

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 149 games

Core (3 legendaries)16% · 1,732

16%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 98% of mid laners.

Team damagetop2%27% · mid laners: 21%
Takes its kills in duelstop5%30% · mid laners: 23%

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

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Poke
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 94 in lane, 71 in mid game and 59 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

609+81 vs 528

955+56 vs 899

1,200+22 vs 1,179

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

Zedmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 98% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners609 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners955 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners1,200 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 99 of 100 among mid laners+656 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners+1,121 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 70 of 100 among mid laners4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners481 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners51% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 95 of 100 among mid laners30% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 18 of 100 among mid lanersrank 18 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners0.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners27% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +10.0 pts over 66 games, range above zero.

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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Nocturne70.0% · expected 57.6% · 30 g+12.4 ptSoloQ +5.9

Midgap to expected

Ahri53.7% · expected 52.6% · 54 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +2.3

Malphite62.5% · expected 61.3% · 32 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -8.4

Syndra54.8% · expected 54.5% · 31 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +2.4

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal69.7% · expected 59.7% · 66 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +1.7

Kai'Sa55.7% · expected 54.8% · 61 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.4

Xayah54.8% · expected 53.6% · 42 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -0.9

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank62.3% · expected 54.0% · 53 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +2.3

Seraphine59.6% · expected 54.2% · 47 g+5.4 ptSoloQ -3.4

Leona58.9% · expected 54.8% · 56 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -0.9

Lulu60.0% · expected 57.2% · 55 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -1.4

Braum56.0% · expected 52.8% · 50 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

With

Topgap to expected

Sion61.8% · expected 55.0% · 34 g+6.7 ptSoloQ -3.2

Gwen58.8% · expected 54.4% · 34 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.3

Junglegap to expected

Wukong67.7% · expected 59.6% · 31 g+8.1 ptSoloQ +0.6

Lillia60.8% · expected 58.0% · 51 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal55.2% · expected 50.6% · 58 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.7

Yunara60.7% · expected 57.2% · 56 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -2.7

Jhin54.0% · expected 51.2% · 63 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -1.1

Supportgap to expected

Alistar63.9% · expected 56.4% · 36 g+7.5 ptSoloQ -3.3

Lulu58.3% · expected 53.2% · 48 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -2.1

Karma59.4% · expected 53.6% · 32 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -2.7

Rakan57.1% · expected 54.0% · 35 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Blitzcrank57.5% · expected 56.4% · 40 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +1.6

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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