Who counters Zed Middle?

On patch 26.19 the hardest Middle matchups for Zed are Yasuo (46.45%), Malphite (42.34%), Fizz (46.03%). The percentage is Zed's win rate in that matchup.

Who does Zed Middle counter?

On patch 26.19 Zed does best against Galio (60.42%), Twisted Fate (60.00%), Xerath (55.45%).

Zed Middle build and counters

Zed Middle has a 49.72% win rate with 4.03% pick rate in ranked solo and is currently placed in tier B. Based on our analysis of 7 062 matches in patch 26.19, SeeMeta summarizes aggregate stats, role, difficulty, and lane matchup win rates for Zed on Middle.

Last Updated September 29, 2026

Games 7 062

Win rate 49.72%

Tier B

Zed

Middle · Patch 26.19 · Ranked Solo

Games: 7 062
Wins: 3 511
Win rate: 49.72%
Pick rate: 4.03%
Ban rate: 23.97%
Difficulty: Hard

Zed Middle stats

26 520

Physical Damage

1 103

Magic Damage

2 735

True Damage

30 359

Total Damage

25 576

Damage Taken

4 525

Healing

9.1

Kills

6.9

Deaths

5.8

Assists

3.9

Max Kill Spree

13 602

Gold

184

Minions Killed

3.7

Jungle CS

Zed Middle Builds

Runes

Inspiration

Precision

Stat Shards

Summoner Spells

Starting Items

Core Items

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item 7

Skill Priority

WWW

Popularity0.92%Win rate47.69%

Popularity0.84%Win rate54.24%

Popularity0.68%Win rate47.92%

Popularity0.58%Win rate58.54%

Popularity0.47%Win rate48.48%

Popularity0.42%Win rate43.33%

Popularity0.41%Win rate34.48%

Popularity0.38%Win rate51.85%

Popularity0.37%Win rate69.23%

Zed Middle skill order

On patch 26.19 Zed Middle most often maxes Q > E > W, used in 96.28% of games with a 50.00% win rate. At levels 1 to 3 the usual order is Q, W, E.

Skill max order

Which of Q, W and E is maxed first, second and third, from games with at least 11 skill points. R is not included.

Razor Shuriken
Shadow Slash
Living Shadow

Win rate: 50.00%
Pick rate: 96.28%
Games: 6 578

Other options

Win rate 47.12%Pick rate 2.80%
Win rate 47.50%Pick rate 0.59%

First three levels

Abilities taken at levels 1, 2 and 3.

Razor Shuriken
Living Shadow
Shadow Slash

Win rate: 49.82%
Pick rate: 65.06%
Games: 4 522

Other options

Win rate 49.24%Pick rate 33.89%

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Zed Middle counters

Zed Middle struggles most against Yasuo (46.45%), Malphite (42.34%), Fizz (46.03%) and has the easiest time against Galio (60.42%), Twisted Fate (60.00%), Xerath (55.45%). Percentages are Zed's win rate in each matchup, based on 7 062 ranked solo games of Zed in this role on patch 26.19.

Champions that counter Zed

Lowest Zed win rate in the lane matchup. The number under each champion is Zed's win rate.

Champions Zed counters

Highest Zed win rate in the lane matchup.

All Zed Middle matchups

Sorted from the hardest to the easiest matchup. Pairs with fewer than 10 games are left out. Gold diff @15 is Zed's average gold lead over the opponent at 15 minutes. It is shown for pairs with at least 30 games that have this data.

Opponent	Zed win rate	Games	Gold diff @15
Malphite	42.34%	111	−20
Games 111 Gold diff @15 −20
Fizz	46.03%	252	−91
Games 252 Gold diff @15 −91
Syndra	46.20%	184	+290
Games 184 Gold diff @15 +290
Sylas	46.43%	252	+304
Games 252 Gold diff @15 +304
Yasuo	46.45%	521	+57
Games 521 Gold diff @15 +57
LeBlanc	47.09%	172	+147
Games 172 Gold diff @15 +147
Lissandra	47.13%	244	+259
Games 244 Gold diff @15 +259
Ekko	47.26%	201	+282
Games 201 Gold diff @15 +282
Katarina	47.72%	285	+238
Games 285 Gold diff @15 +238
Nasus	47.92%	96	+443
Games 96 Gold diff @15 +443
Lux	47.95%	171	+296
Games 171 Gold diff @15 +296
Anivia	47.95%	73	+542
Games 73 Gold diff @15 +542
Vex	48.12%	133	+424
Games 133 Gold diff @15 +424
Akali	48.21%	251	+568
Games 251 Gold diff @15 +568
Diana	48.31%	178	−139
Games 178 Gold diff @15 −139
Vladimir	48.78%	164	+575
Games 164 Gold diff @15 +575
Hwei	49.38%	81	+601
Games 81 Gold diff @15 +601
Yone	49.55%	333	+485
Games 333 Gold diff @15 +485
Irelia	49.59%	123	−610
Games 123 Gold diff @15 −610
Ahri	50.00%	314	+764
Games 314 Gold diff @15 +764
Locke	51.55%	194	−90
Games 194 Gold diff @15 −90
Zoe	51.89%	106	+166
Games 106 Gold diff @15 +166
Veigar	52.31%	195	+894
Games 195 Gold diff @15 +894
Viktor	52.49%	181	+498
Games 181 Gold diff @15 +498
Malzahar	52.53%	217	+284
Games 217 Gold diff @15 +284
Qiyana	52.94%	85	−129
Games 85 Gold diff @15 −129
Mel	53.19%	141	+200
Games 141 Gold diff @15 +200
Xerath	55.45%	110	+476
Games 110 Gold diff @15 +476
Orianna	57.14%	77	+748
Games 77 Gold diff @15 +748
Twisted Fate	60.00%	90	+662
Games 90 Gold diff @15 +662
Galio	60.42%	96	+689
Games 96 Gold diff @15 +689

Zed in other roles

Tier, win rate and pick rate of Zed outside the main role, plus builds and matchups where there are enough games. These roles have fewer games, so the numbers move more between patches.