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\nGreetings, fellow champions! We have teamed up with Kashi for this one to provide you the best possible Zed guide. Kashi is a Wild Rift content creator from Philippines who makes unique guides, gameplays, and so on over at his Youtube channel. He reached Diamond in Wild Rift season 0, is a high platinum from PC League and a Mythic from Mobile Legends, so he brings the best of both worlds, in terms of experience and knowledge.
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\nHow to counter Zed in Wild Rift
\nZed is a low risk, high reward champion who can easily dominate lane and burst down squishy targets. He goes really well in the mid lane and can instantly burst the priority targets. To top it all, Zed is great in 1v1 situations. His scaling depends on how good your laning phase is.
\nIf you want to kill without getting in danger, Zed is for you!
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| Youmuu's Ghostblade | \nDuskblade of Draktharr | \nStasis Enchant | \nBlack Cleaver | \nMortal Reminder | \nGuardian Angel | \nDeath's Dance | \n
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Youmuu’s Ghostblade\nThis is a go to item for Zed as it’s passive allows him to roam the map easily and secure kills that will let him dominate the game. The armor penetration that it gives also gives Zed more options to kill targets that have high armor and hp.
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Mercury’s Treads: If enemy has Magic Damage threats, this is a good item.
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Ninja Tabi: If enemy has Physical Damage threats, this is a good item.
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Stasis Enchant: As you will be diving a lot, there will be circumstances that you will fail at escaping, and stasis enchant can really help you with this.
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Black Cleaver: As Zed is generally weak against tanky targets, I recommend Black Cleaver for more armor reduction and it’s passive provides you movement speed every time you kill an enemy.
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Adaptive Helm: This item will really help you in sticky situations if the enemy has stacking AP, like Mundo and Akali.
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Guardian Angel: Zed is a squishy target, so building this will help you escape if you messed up your combo or you got ganked.
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Death’s-Dance: Zed’s only weakness is his lack of sustain and can be easily killed, therefore building death’s dance on him will soak up some damage.
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| Flash: This is a must have for Zed as he can surprise his enemies in the early game or escape. | \nIgnite: Good for finishing off targets when you run out of energy | \nBarrier: Gives really good sustain and can be useful when enemy jungler can burst you early like Lee Sin or Vi. | \n
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| Electrocute | \nBrutal | \nSpirit Walker | \nHunter Genius | \n
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Spirit Walker: Gives Zed extra health and helps him chase targets with the 20% slow reduction.
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Hunter Genius: Zed’s ultimate has a long cooldown, and this rune can lower the cooldown of his ultimate up to 30 secs
\n\n Zed and his shadows slash, each dealing 70 physical damage (70 + 80% bonus AD) to nearby enemies and slowing them by 25% for 1.5s. Each enemy champion hit by Zed’s slash reduces Living Shadow’s cooldown by 2s. Cooldown: 5s Energy: 50 This is a short burst of damage around you. It is good to note that Shadow Slash doesn’t cancel your auto attack animation, so you can use it in any part of your combo without missing out on any juicy auto attacks. Your Living shadow imitates Shadow Slash as well. So using both in a combo is a very safe poke, that does not even require as much aim as your shuriken. It’s usually better to upgrade living shadow at level 2 before this ability, but there are some situations where this is better. In melee matchups or when you are facing problems last hitting, it might be a good idea to go for this ability instead. In general it’s very difficult to Shadow slash against ranged enemies early on without your Living shadow. Zed becomes untargetable and dashes to target enemy champion, marking them. After 3.5s, the mark triggers, dealing physical damage equal to 64 (100%AD) plus 25% of all damage dealt to the target by Zed while the mark was active. The dash leaves a shadow behind for 6s. Zed reactivate Death Mark to switch positions with this shadow. Cooldown: 90s This is the main source of Zed’s burst damage on his opponents. He leaves behind a living shadow, become untargettable and leaps to the enemy, doing a set amount of burst. The most intriguing thing is the second part of this ability. He leaves a mark on the opponent that explodes, dealing a percentage of the amount of damage Zed did to the target. If you see the mark on the opponent’s head, believe that the mark will deal enough damage to kill him. Essentially the target is a dead man walking. Although remember, this mark does not take into consideration any abilities used by or used on the target. Shielding, healing or using invincibility might still save the target. Putting in a few more autos after the mark procs is advisable but not necessary. You do not have to get into harm’s way if you don’t have to. \n Always remember that you are weak early game amd you shouldn’t try to last hit a minion if there is a risk of being poked. Save your shuriken to last hit and don’t even try to poke level 1 with Zed, because you will definitely lose the trade. Your only goal is to hit level 5 and get your ultimate. Don’t risk your HP for last hitting minions but rather save it for when you have your ult. Upon reaching level 3, you can try to poke with 2nd + 3rd + 1st. This combo will easily proc electrocute and can help dominate your opponent, especially if he or she is squishy. Also, don’t stand near your minions because you will inadverently be poked when your enemy laner last hits them. Try to stay near the outer part of the tower and only go out when enemy laner is missing. keep in mind that it’s easier to poke with Zed on Wild Rift than on PC version, because even your living shadows can use Shadow Blade to last hit. Here’s a neat trick if your target is protected by frontline. You can ult the enemy frontline, then proceed to burst the target behind them and if they try to cc you, immediately go back to your ult shadow and start pretending like nothing ever happened. You can also use your ult invulnerability to evade ganks, but time it correctly so you can dodge their skills. \n Champs that have a lot of sustain on their own will work best with Zed, especially ones that can distract the frontlines for Zed to assassinate the backlines. These champions can include Darius, Gragas, and Malphite. \n This dude is the drunk uncle who will disrupt every family gathering. One ult from him and you will have saved your flicker to ult, which means you will kill their backline return to your tower as if nothing unusual happened and your shadows will continue pretending it’s all the drunk uncle’s fault. One of the best counters for Zed is heavy cc, especially because when you ult, you will always be behind your target. Another counter for Zed is invincibility, that’s why Stasis Enchant is important to buy if you are going against him. So essentially, any champion with an invincibility frame can look to counter him. The following are not his lane matchup counters, but counter picks in general, from their respective roles. this does not mean these picks can always win against Zed, just that if played right they have a chance to scuff his gameplay. \n Stasis lasts for 2 seconds, this dude can go invincible for 5 seconds. Make sure you don’t blow up your combo on him while his ult is active. Tryndamere is not an opponent you want to take on 1v1, as even your auto attack passive is useless on him. Getting him low, simply increases his damage on you. Make sure to waste his dash so that you can safely run away using your clones. Fiora falls in the same category with her low cd invincibility in skill 2, Camille with her ultimate. \n He has 70 percent damage reduction in his ult, as if he is not tanky without it. So all your dark arts and powers will be rendered to a mere 25 percent of their effectiveness if you end up ulting him. To top it all, if you get hit by his chain cc, escaping will not be an easy task, especially if his team follows up. \n Look! I know how cute she looks, she has those nine fluffy tails, big eyes and all that, but don’t go near her! Stay away my dude. She will pretend to send heart emojis at you, stay away I repeat! Orianna as well, doesn’t matter if it’s a robo girl. It’s no Simp September all year round for Zed. HellsDevil is a Challenger player in Wild Rift. Here’s an in-depth guide plus gameplay video by him as he breaks down Zed for the latest patch, along with some high elo gameplay. Watch Zed go up against Orianna and still decimate the enemies. \n Not just mages but anyone can build Zhonyas(Stasis Enchant), so this surely affects Zed. It’s an enchant on boots, so many characters can get this much earlier if they see your Zed as a threat. But remember, the cooldown of your ult is way lower than that of Stasis Enchant. Just keep a mental time of when a particular character expanded his enchant, and you will be good to go. Despite this, most high elo players consider Zed S tier. He is very strong at shutting down AD carries and mages in any tier at any time in the game. Late game his ult cooldown is not even complete 30 seconds with the proper Ability Haste providing items. That makes it pretty spammable more so than it is in PC. \n You will be reminded of Ghost with all of Zed’s teleporting and stuff. So Ghost players will feel right at home when trying Zed out. Although Zed is very different from Ghost in terms of abilities and so on, The similarities lie in the knowledge of how to engage, who to engage and when. \n
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\n\n \n Level \n 1 \n 2 \n 3 \n 4 \n \n \t \n Cooldown \n 5 \n 4.5 \n 4 \n 3.5 \n \n \n Base Damage \n 70 \n 105 \n 140 \n 175 \n \n \nSlow \n 25% \n 30% \n 35% \n 40% \n
\nDeath Mark
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\n\n \n Level \n 1 \n 2 \n 3 \n \n \n \t \n Cooldown \n 90 \n 70 \n 50 \n \n \t \nBase Damage \n 25% \n 40% \n 55% \nLaning
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