Zed/Trivia

General

 * Zed is voiced by Donny James Lucas.
 * By coincidence, the name Zed resembles:
 * The early English name of, from Semitic letter , from root ṣ-y-d "hunt"  >  Arabic صياد  ṣayyād , Hebrew צַיָּד  ṣayád , etc."hunter".
 * Hebrew זֵד zed "upstart, villain, scoundrel", from another root z-y-d "to seethe".
 * Zed's dance was inspired by various martial arts (the animator is a ).
 * Zed is the first champion to not actually 'die', instead he drops into a shadow portal (Shockblade Zed disappears after struck by a lightning bolt). The second is, who rewinds time.
 * Zed is four years younger than and appears to be ambidextrous.
 * Zed,, , and were targeted by.
 * After Zed was shot, his champion icon on his League of Legends website page and champion list were updated to a gif with with petals blowing past.
 * Zed is the fifth champion to use energy as a resource for abilities (the others being, , , and ).
 * Zed is the fourth dark-themed Ionian champion (after, , & ).
 * Zed and perform the 'airplane arms' run when having very high movement speed.
 * ,, and respectively mirroring , , and , as well as , , and  marking their targets reference Zed having been a Kinkou Order member.
 * was conceived with spawning two and was animated accordingly on release.
 * Clicking one of the  during  animation used to display portrait. This could only be done while spectating in slow motion as his shadows in an actual game were just simply too fast to be clicked on. It was removed after the new HUD came in 2015 and replaced the old one.
 * Zed and his enemy counterpart can theoretically increase their AD infinitely with by alternating killing each other.
 * Zed used to gain the cosmetic debuff ("This unit is a flippin' ninja!" - "Ninjas are more effective when they work alone. For every Ninja on your team beyond yourself, you lose 1 health.") when he,, , and/or  found themselves on the same team (removed during Preseason 4 for unknown reasons).
 * At 23rd of August 2018 players who selected "Assassin" as their favorite class rated Zed 27% higher than the other assassins as "One of my favorite champions". This difference is the largest for a champion by class.
 * At 23rd of August 2018 players who selected "Assassin" as their favorite class rated Zed 27% higher than the other assassins as "One of my favorite champions". This difference is the largest for a champion by class.

Lore

 * Zed is using a Forbidden Technique called.

Quotes

 * references.
 * references by.
 * Zed and share the quote.
 * Zed and share the quote.


 * references from.
 * references from.
 * Is a reference to the fight between Faker and Ryu.
 * Is a reference to the fight between Faker and Ryu.

Skins

 * He resembles and might be referencing from,  from , and/or  from.
 * His can be seen in the background.
 * His can be seen in the background.


 * He used to be called 'Bladestorm Zed'.
 * The color of his clothes for each Chroma may have been inspired by the.
 * He resembles from.
 * He resembles from.


 * He was released in celebration of SKT T1 winning the Season 3 World Championship along with:
 * He represents Faker and is the first World Championship victory skin for him.
 * It is later succeeded by.
 * It is later succeeded again by.
 * can be seen in the background.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * He represents Faker and is the first World Championship victory skin for him.
 * It is later succeeded by.
 * It is later succeeded again by.
 * can be seen in the background.
 * He shares this theme with:

set: PROJECT
 * The skin was initially thought to be that of a Cyber Zed, but then turned into Project.
 * He is from an alternate future in which he was cibernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative, being the only known 'hostile' Initiate (going rogue and fighting the others)
 * describes him as:
 * "Dark sight, shadows marked, death lives beside. Silencer, ProfileIcon0911 PROJECT Zed.png he follows. The shadow is within. Blood soaked, he stands. Vanish... the man light will never touch."
 * If one tells they fight for 'power' she'll say the following:
 * "A shadow of a man."
 * His gear includes:
 * His gear includes:
 * bullets can be seen hitting his

set: World Championship
 * He was released in celebration of the Season 6 World Championship.
 * He was released in celebration of the Season 6 World Championship.


 * He was released in celebration of Harrowing 2017 along with:
 * His wrist blades resemble that of the from.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * His wrist blades resemble that of the from.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * He shares this theme with:

set: Odyssey
 * This is his first skin to reveal his complete facial features.
 * This is his first skin to reveal his complete facial features.

Relations

 * Zed and trained together in the Kinkou Order, lead by the latter's father Kusho. Both students saw each other as rivals, but  respected Zed, seeing him as a brother and even being a bit jealous of him (Kusho was less strict towards Zed)
 * Zed,, and Kusho worked to discover and capture for his brutal murders. All three of them were severely traumatized during the investigation and, when they finally caught the 'Golden Demon', Kusho spared his life. Zed couldn't believe such a monster was offered mercy, finding himself question his master's teachings to the point of heavily resenting him and ultimately murdering him.
 * In spite of Zed's and Shen's animosity, Zed sought out Shen and to inform him about Jhin's release, in order to stop him together.
 * Zed's resentment towards Kusho led him to delve into the shadow arts, founding the Order of Shadow and slaughtering the Kinkou while taking up residence in their old monastery. He seeks to abolish the old ways of balance while spreading his 'no restraint' philosophy, murdering any ninja who refuses to learn.
 * It is implied Zed had a 'favorite student' suspected to be (might explain why she wants him dead while  thinks there might be another way and  believes he is not beyond redemption)
 * Zed and are seen as agents of chaos that must be stopped before they upset Ionia's delicate post-invasion stability.
 * may try to convince to form an alliance to destroy the 'balance'.
 * Zed is being hunted by for betraying the Kinkou.
 * Zed wants dead after he ransacked the Temple of the Jagged Knife.
 * Both and  have encountered  and his ninja clan in an attempt to save a grove from losing all its natural magic.
 * new favorite student is probably.