Talk:Zed/Strategy/@comment-177.66.6.98-20130116173609/@comment-25439323-20141201101730

I main Zed an I actually jungle him too. It works, provided that you have the runes, masteries, and the know-how.

My Zed Jungle:

Smite Flash for obvious reasons

Runes and Masteries:

x5 flat AD & x4 AS for marks, x3 AS & x6 armor for seals, x4 AS & x6 MR for glyphs, x2 ArmorPen & x1 Lifesteal for Quints

Standard 21-9 for Zed that you can find anywhere, but with the Tough Skin and Bladed Armor for Defense instead of Recovery and Unyielding.

This setup gives him a lot of attack speed to clear the jungle and procing his passive a lot faster, while having the stats to survive the high damage of this season's camps. Also, the Machete+ AS runes&LS Quint helps him sustain a lot more than you might think.

Skill max order:

R-E-Q-W

Jungle Item:

Skirmisher/Ranger for Smite effect, enchant w/ Devourer for Youmuu-BotRK build or Warrior for Hydra-Cleaver build. Always buy the active damage items (cutlass/tiamat) before trying to purchase your enchantment.

Tactics in jungling:

1.Just keep using E everytime it's off cooldown. It's Zed's main ability for clearing, and can be used effectively w/ W to regain some energy while spamming.

2. You can 3-buff or at least get a lvl and farm advantage above your enemy jungler if you do a red invade. Clear it so you can get the timer for red and always take it to deny enemy jungler of red buff, thus weakening enemy jungle presence.

3.Do not straight up gank a lane unless you are :

A) lvl 2 w/ redbuff and you are about to gank a solo lane w/ enemy still on lvl 1 for early cheese/first blood. (Follow tip number 2 for this)

B) lvl 6

Zed is a better at counterganks and farming(Much like his midlane roam and farm tactics are).

4. Just keep yourself and your team snowballing. You don't have to camp a lane, you just have to make yourself a threat while farming your enemy/own jungle ASAP. Getting a score of 2-0 and preferrably some assists can ensure that you can carry your team mid-late game.

5. Understand your limits. You are a Jungle Zed with less gold and items and thus not in the same level of power as a farmed Lane Zed. Unless the enemy is feeding you so hard to be able to finish 3 AD items in less than 20 minutes, do not go ham by yourself.