Champion sheet · Mid

Zed

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.4%#40 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.3%picked in 1,510 of 28,432 games
Ban: 12.1%2,800 bans over 23,163 games, against 18.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid56.9% between 54.1% and 59.6% over 879 gamesSoloQ 50.5%: clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraftLengthBuild
How to play itFirst Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Lord Dominik's Regards: 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 Viktor in amateur play: +19.2 pts over 37 games, range above zero.+19.2 pt37 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
56.9%
SoloQ
50.5%
56.9% win rate in amateur play over 879 games, against 50.5% in soloQ over 65,146 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.5%
SoloQ
3.2%
1.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
11.5%
SoloQ
18.8%
11.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 18.8% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.
BuildVoltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, Edge of Night instead of Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, Lord Dominik's Regards
Amateur
18%
SoloQ
15%
Played in 18% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, Lord Dominik's Regards (15%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

First Strike, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFirst Strike66% · 42,643

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite76% · 49,666

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 125 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 5,365

15%of soloQ games

Voltaic Cyclosword
Bastionbreaker
Lord Dominik's Regards

≠ Amateur: Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, Edge of Night instead of Voltaic Cyclosword, Bastionbreaker, Lord Dominik's Regards. 18% · 788 games

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 Viktor in amateur play: +19.2 pts over 37 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

Ambessa69.7% · expected 56.4% · 33 g+13.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Yone63.3% · expected 57.4% · 30 g+5.9 ptSoloQ 0.0

K'Sante60.9% · expected 58.9% · 46 g+2.0 ptSoloQ +1.1

Junglegap to expected

Lillia60.6% · expected 53.6% · 33 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.1

Xin Zhao62.5% · expected 57.2% · 40 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -1.3

Wukong56.7% · expected 54.5% · 67 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -0.4

Nocturne61.0% · expected 59.2% · 41 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +2.9

Midgap to expected

Viktor75.7% · expected 56.5% · 37 g+19.2 ptSoloQ -1.7

Ahri59.1% · expected 55.0% · 66 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

Akali63.9% · expected 56.7% · 36 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Malphite66.7% · expected 64.6% · 33 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -4.9

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal67.1% · expected 60.1% · 79 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +0.8

Tristana64.1% · expected 56.8% · 39 g+7.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Jhin61.5% · expected 59.1% · 65 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -0.5

Lucian58.8% · expected 57.6% · 51 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +0.5

Ashe58.8% · expected 55.5% · 34 g+3.3 ptSoloQ -2.0

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine65.3% · expected 55.7% · 49 g+9.6 ptSoloQ -2.0

Milio68.2% · expected 58.7% · 44 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -0.5

Lulu64.2% · expected 59.3% · 67 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.9

Karma66.7% · expected 59.4% · 39 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +0.6

Blitzcrank59.6% · expected 55.0% · 57 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +1.5

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton77.4% · expected 58.3% · 31 g+19.1 ptSoloQ +1.8

Sion68.3% · expected 56.3% · 41 g+12.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Ornn65.9% · expected 57.3% · 41 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +0.9

Malphite64.7% · expected 56.4% · 34 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +0.8

Gwen61.9% · expected 58.4% · 42 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -1.3

Junglegap to expected

Wukong72.7% · expected 59.2% · 44 g+13.5 ptSoloQ -0.2

Lillia60.9% · expected 60.1% · 64 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.3

ADCgap to expected

Jhin58.8% · expected 54.6% · 68 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

Ezreal56.7% · expected 53.6% · 67 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

Kai'Sa58.1% · expected 56.4% · 74 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Yunara60.3% · expected 59.1% · 73 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Aphelios58.1% · expected 53.2% · 31 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.9

Supportgap to expected

Lulu62.1% · expected 54.5% · 58 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -1.8

Alistar66.7% · expected 58.0% · 36 g+8.7 ptSoloQ -2.0

Rakan60.9% · expected 57.9% · 46 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -1.5

Karma56.1% · expected 54.3% · 41 g+1.8 ptSoloQ -0.2

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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