Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-5720212-20121109061620

I have been testing Zed on the PBE for the last few days and here are my thoughts.

Zed can jungle, top and mid. Top lane zed is outright beaten by the majority of bruisers and has to be a counter pick to champions such as vlad top. Zed's jungle clear is really fast (max e first), his ganks are pretty lackluster pre-6 and generally need lanes with cc to be effective. Zed midlane is probably the best place for him as he has good matchups against a lot of the ap mids you generally see.

In terms of runes/masteries and build i take a/pen reds, armor yellows, mr blues and either AD or a/pen quints. masteries are 21/9 or 19/11 depending on preference. Always start boots 3 no matter where you play him. Items such as dorans blades, hexdrinker and LW are all pretty solid items to rush. Lategame builds look something like Mercs, LW, BT, Maw, GA and maybe Mallet.

Skills: I have been playing around trying to decide if q or e is better to max first and it really comes down to your matchup/playstyle. For me, I like to get in the thick of things so i max e first followed by w for the AD bonus and cd. Q is still good to max first if you need more poke/safety.