Zed (League of Legends)

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Zed
the Master of Shadows
Release date	2012-11-13
Last changed	V12.10
Class(es)	Assassin
Legacy	Assassin
Position(s)	Middle
Resource	Energy
Range type	Melee
Adaptive type	Physical
Store price	4800 | 880
Crafting	+ 2880
Ratings
Damage 3 Toughness 1 Control 1 Mobility 3 Utility 1
Style
Difficulty
Champion Spotlight
Zed Champion Spotlight

Zed is a champion in League of Legends.

Base statisticsEdit
Health 654+99
Health 654+99
Energy 200+0
Energy 200+0
Health regen. (per 5s) 7+0.65
Health regen. (per 5s) 7+0.65
Energy regen. (per 5s) 50
Energy regen. (per 5s) 50
Armor 32+4.7
Armor 32+4.7
Attack damage 63+3.4
Attack damage 63+3.4
Magic resist. 32+2.05
Magic resist. 32+2.05
Crit. damage 175%
Crit. damage 175%
Move. speed 345
Move. speed 345
Attack range 125
Attack range 125
Attack speed
Base AS 0.651
Base AS 0.651
Attack windup 19.759%
Attack windup 19.759%
AS ratio N/A
AS ratio N/A
Bonus AS +3.3%
Bonus AS +3.3%
Unit radius
Gameplay radius 65
Gameplay radius 65
Selection radius 100
Selection radius 100
Pathing radius 35
Pathing radius 35
Acq. radius 400
Acq. radius 400
Special statistics
Dmg. Dealt +5%
Dmg. Dealt +5%
Dmg. Taken -8%
Dmg. Taken -8%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt -15%
Dmg. Dealt -15%
Dmg. Taken +10%
Dmg. Taken +10%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%

Abilities

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Contempt for the Weak

Contempt for the Weak
TARGET IMMUNITY:	10

Innate: Zed's basic attacks against targets  below 50% of their maximum health deal 6 / 8 / 10% (based on level) of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage.

Against monsters, Contempt for the Weak deals 200% damage, capped at 300.

Contempt for the Weak can only affect enemy champions once every few seconds.

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Targeting input	Passive
Damage type
Type	Proc damage
Type	Proc damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Spell shield	Not Blocked
Spell shield	Not Blocked
Parries	See Notes
Parries	See Notes

• The enhanced attack applies other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal (the bonus damage cannot).
• Contempt for the Weak is not consumed when dodged or missed, but it is consumed when blocked.
• Contempt for the Weak considers the target's health upon landing the attack, not when it's declared.
  • If the target falls below the threshold while Zed is winding up the attack, Contempt for the Weak applies, and vice versa.
• The empowered attack will not trigger against structures.

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Razor Shuriken

Razor Shuriken
TARGET RANGE:	925
WIDTH:	100
SPEED:	1700
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	75 / 70 / 65 / 60 / 55 energy
COOLDOWN:	6

Active: Zed and his Shadows throw their spinning blades toward the target location. Each blade deals physical damage to all enemies struck in their path, reduced to 60% against units beyond the first.

Physical Damage: 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 110% bonus AD) Secondary Damage: 48 / 69 / 90 / 111 / 132 (+ 66% bonus AD)

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Targeting input	Direction
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Spell shield only blocks the damage from one Razor Shuriken even if two hit at the same time.
  • Shurikens blocked by spell shield still count as being hit for the reduced pass-through damage.
• If Zed buffers an attack command during Razor Shuriken's cast time the attack will perform slower than if Zed had attacked after the cast time.
  • The same does not happen if Zed recasts Living Shadow during Razor Shuriken's cast time.
• This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

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Living Shadow

Living Shadow
TARGET RANGE:	650
EFFECT RADIUS:	1950
SPEED:	2500
CAST TIME:	none
COST:	40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 energy
COOLDOWN:	20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14

Passive: Zed restores  energy whenever he and one of his Shadows or multiple Shadows hit a mimicked ability on the same target. This may only occur once per cast ability.

Energy Restored: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Active: Zed's Shadow dashes to the target location, remaining in place for 5.25 seconds and being able to mimic Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash while in range. Living Shadow can be recast at any time while the Shadow is dashing or within its duration.

Recast: While in range of each other, Zed and his Shadow blink to their respective locations, swapping places. If Living Shadow was recast while the Shadow is dashing, the recast will instead occur once it has been placed.

If an ability is cast while the Shadow is dashing, the Shadow will cast that ability once it has been placed. See Pets for more details about Shadows. Living Shadow will cast at max range if cast beyond that.

 

   "The shadows have enlightened me."

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Targeting input	Location / Auto
Counters
Grounded	See Notes
Grounded	See Notes

• Zed gains a buff for 5.25 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Living Shadow.
  • The buff is granted briefly after Living Shadow is cast.
    • If cast at minimum distance, the buff and the Shadow's individual durations will effectively start at the same time.
    • If cast at greater than the minimum distance, then the buff's duration will start before the Shadow's duration.
• The passive will grant its energy refund at rank 1 even if Living Shadow hasn't been learned yet.
• The energy refund is not granted if the mimicked ability is blocked by a spell shield.
• Living Shadow cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
• If Living Shadow is recast during Razor Shuriken, Zed will instantly release the shuriken from his original position while still remaining in cast time, and the Shadow will release the shuriken based on Zed's remaining cast time.^(bug)
• The Shadow will cast Shadow Slash independently of being in Razor Shuriken's cast time or not.^(bug)
• Zed will swap places with the Shadow by all means if he buffers Living Shadow's recast during its dash.^(bug)
  • Living Shadow cannot be recast while Zed is marking his target with Death Mark, but may still be recast if it was buffered.^(bug)
• If Zed casts Living Shadow while a non- Death Mark Shadow is already present, the previous Shadow will instantly disappear.
• Shadows will not disappear when Zed dies.^(bug)

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Shadow Slash

Shadow Slash
EFFECT RADIUS:	315 / 290
CAST TIME:	none
COST:	50 energy
COOLDOWN:	5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3

Active: Zed and his Shadows slash, dealing physical damage to enemies surrounding them.

Physical Damage: 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 (+ 65% bonus AD)

Enemies hit by the slash of a Shadow are slowed for 1.5 seconds. Enemies hit by multiple slashes take no additional damage but the slow's effectiveness is increased by 50%.

Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% Enhanced Slow: 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5 / 60%

Each enemy champion hit by Zed's slash reduces Living Shadow's  cooldown by 2 seconds.

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Targeting input	Auto
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes

• Spell shield will only block one Shadow Slash even if two hit at the same time, the slow will not apply regardless.
• Shadow Slash does not interrupt attack, movement, or cast commands.

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Death Mark

Death Mark
TARGET RANGE:	625
EFFECT RADIUS:	Global / 1950
CAST TIME:	none
COOLDOWN:	120 / 100 / 80

Active: Zed becomes untargetable and, after 0.6 seconds, he dashes 125 units through the target enemy champion over 0.35 seconds, after which he marks them, gains ghosting for 3 seconds, and becomes targetable again. Zed also spawns a Shadow at his casting position for 9 seconds which is able to mimic Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash while in range. Death Mark can be recast after 0.5 seconds of his reappearance while the Shadow is active, though not in the last 1.25 seconds of its duration.

For the next 3 seconds, Zed stores a percentage of all pre-mitigation physical damage and magic damage he and his Shadows deal to the marked target, detonating at the end of the duration to deal physical damage.

Physical Damage: 65% AD (+ 25 / 40 / 55% of damage dealt)

Recast: Regardless of the distance between each other, Zed and the Death Mark Shadow blink to their respective locations, swapping places.

If the target dies or is 1950 or more units away before the dash begins, Death Mark is cancelled, goes on a 0.5-second  cooldown, and Zed reappears at the cast location. The Shadow spawned also disappears.

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Targeting input	Unit / Auto
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Grounded	Disabled
Grounded	Disabled
Knockdown	See Notes
Knockdown	See Notes

• Zed gains a buff for 7.5 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Death Mark.
  • The buff is granted on-cast and lingers for 0.25 seconds after it expires.
• The Shadow is spawned the moment Death Mark is cast.
• Zed will track the target if they change locations.
  • He will dash through the target's previous location while still applying the mark if they are 2200 or more units away.
• Zed will be ordered to basic attack his target after reappearing.
• The debuff for the mark is named Marked for Death.
• Death Mark's stored damage derives from all basic attacks, abilities, items, runes and buffs.
• Death Mark's Shadow is functionally the same as a regular one, but it lasts longer and can be swapped to regardless of range.
  • The range at which it mimics Zed's abilities does not change.
• The mark can be prevented by becoming untargetable before it is applied (untargetability after application will not prevent the mark's detonation).
• Spell shields will only block the mark's application. They will not prevent Zed from initiating the cast nor block the detonation from a mark that is already applied.
• If Zed dies during Death Mark, the ability will cancel instantly and he will reappear at his current location. The cooldown is not compensated.
  • If he enters resurrection before the dash, Death Mark does not cancel. If he enters it while dashing, the dash is interrupted.
• If the dash is interrupted, Zed stops, places himself to the ground (ends all displacements affecting him, but does not remove airborne effects), and reappears prematurely at his current location. The mark will still be applied regardless.
  • Zed will remove airborne effects from himself immediately upon starting the dash.
• Once Zed begins the dash, two Shadows will also appear to be dashing through his target, each one spawning a certain distance behind the target (from the right and left). These shadows do not mimic abilities and disappear immediately after they stop dashing but they grant sight of their surroundings.
  • These shadows have a tracking distance of 2200 and a dash speed of 1750.
• Death Mark does not cancel if the target enters a zombie state before the dash begins.
• If the mark's post-mitigation damage is higher than the target's current health, a spinning shuriken will appear above the victim. This does not necessarily mean the target will die, as it does not consider shields or forms of damage modifiers that are not respected by this predictive calculation.

The indicator shown in-game (base skin).

• This following table refers for interactions while Zed is in Death Mark:

Attacking		Disabled
Abilities		Disabled
Movement		Disabled
Items	Usable	N/A
	Disabled	All items are disabled
	Interrupted by	N/A
Consumables		Disabled
Spells	Usable	Barrier Clarity Cleanse Exhaust Ghost Heal Ignite Smite
	Disabled	Flash Teleport Recall Hexflash Mark Dash
	Interrupted by	N/A
Interrupted by		Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Map-Specific Differences

One for All differences ^edit

• Enemies can only have a single Death Mark on them at a time. Subsequent Death Marks will delete any previous marks, removing all accumulated damage and preventing the detonation.
• Individual Death Marks will track the damage dealt by any Zed.

Pets

Shadow
Statistics
Sight radius	700

Control type	Mimics Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash whenever Zed casts them while it is within 1950 units of him.
Target type	Minion ( untargetable)
Abilities Mimic The Shadow casts Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash whenever Zed does. It fires Razor Shuriken towards the same targeted location. If it hits a mimicked ability on the same target as Zed or another Shadow does, a portion of Zed's  energy is restored. Mimicked Shadow Slashes slow enemies hit briefly. Multiple slashes do not deal additional damage, but the slow's strength is increased. Mimicked abilities: Store damage dealt on Death Mark. Count as ability activations for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and stacking Force Pulse. Are considered separate casts when they hit the same target (e.g. for the purposes of Electrocute, Phase Rush, Eclipse, etc). Shadow Swap The Shadow can swap its position with Zed whenever he recasts either Living Shadow or Death Mark, depending on which ability it was summoned from. Zed may only swap places with a Shadow once. Shadow Limitation The Shadow disappears as soon as another Shadow is summoned by the same ability it spawned from. Only 1 Shadow each from Living Shadow and Death Mark may be active at a time. General Zed always has an arrow next to him pointing in the direction of his Shadows. It has three different colors, each one symbolizes important information about the specific Shadow. They are only visible to Zed. Two arrows point toward the corresponding Shadows. A green arrow (blue in colorblind mode) indicates the Shadow can be swapped places with. A yellow arrow indicates the Shadow is about to disappear. A red arrow (orange in colorblind mode) indicates the Shadow cannot be swapped places with.

Champion skins

This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Zed (Collection).

Original

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880

13.11.2012

Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia’s magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order.

Donny Lucas

Pan Chengwei

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Shockblade

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975

13.11.2012

An elite operative of the Shockblade order, Zed dives into battle with lightning-fast lethality. Though his former partner Shen hasn't forgiven himself for nearly getting Zed killed, Zed still urges him to return to the front lines; and yet the Storm rages on, whether or not the duo are reunited. Zed will bring its fury to bear alone if he must.

Donny Lucas

Michal Ivan, Puppetworks Animation Studio

Shockblade

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New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Shockblade Zed Chromas

Amethyst

Aquamarine

Catseye

Emerald

Rose Quartz

Ruby

SKT T1

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750

04.05.2014

Honoring Faker's winning performance as Zed during the 2013 World Championship.

Donny Lucas

Bo Lu

World Champions: 2013

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Legacy

PROJECT

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1350

07.09.2015

Rising from the Command Line, Zed is a leader within PROJECT's counter-espionage units. He seeks out the G/NETIC rebels with split high frequency blades and molecular “solid smoke” projectors, favoring close-proximity and multiple angle target laceration.

Donny Lucas

Jason Chan

PROJECT

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Voice filter

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

This skin is a variant of Prestige PROJECT. Store variants are discounted for multiple purchases.

PROJECT: Zed Chromas

Reckoning

Championship

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975

25.09.2016

Celebrating the 2016 World Championship in North America.

Donny Lucas

Alex 'alexplank' Flores

World Championship

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Legacy

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Championship Zed Chromas

Golden

Death Sworn

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1350

25.10.2017

Having lived his life in the shadows, Zed's eventual return from the dead should have come as no surprise to anyone. A master of unliving darkness, he is only too happy to spend all eternity spilling mortal blood, as one of the Death Sworn.

Donny Lucas

Kelly Aleshire

Death Sworn

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Legacy

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Galaxy Slayer

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1820

18.04.2019

Zed was a promising Templar before he became host to the hivemind of ora and imbued with its alien essence. Able to morph his body into living weapons, he now sees himself as the perfect life form, deserving of all ora and destined to cleanse the galaxy of the weak.

Donny Lucas

Esben Lash Rasmussen

Odyssey

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Voice filter

New voiceover

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Transforming

Chromas

Galaxy Slayer Zed Chromas

Emerald

Merc

Pearl

Rose Quartz

Ruby

Sapphire

PsyOps

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1350

17.09.2020

Known as the “Gas Can Man” in paramilitary circles, Zed is an infamous mercenary picked up by the Black Rose Group during one of their covert actions. His psionic powers are tied to a mysterious oil-like substance he ingests through his mask, allowing him to duplicate himself for assassinations and open combat.

Donny Lucas

David Villegas, West Studio

Black Rose Group

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New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

PsyOps Zed Chromas

Emerald

Hunter

Obsidian

Ruby

Sandstone

Sapphire

Tanzanite

Turquoise

Prestige PROJECT

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Special

24.06.2021

Faced with imminent defeat at the hands of Mordekaiser and the numberless hordes of infected machines, Zed seeks out a dilapidated research facility in the heart of the wasteland, searching for illegal and potentially dangerous upgrades. His return may mark a tipping point in the battle for the City… though he has transformed into something beyond both human and machine.

Donny Lucas

Unknown artist

PROJECT

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Voice filter

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

This skin is a variant of PROJECT. Store variants are discounted for multiple purchases.

Debonair

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1820

09.12.2021

The most powerful (and powerfully dressed) man in Nox Vegas, Zed has been dabbling in more than fancy parties and cutthroat dealmaking. A new crowd from Crime City has entered his inner circle, granting this debonair gentleman an unbreakable stranglehold over the strip… and a dreadful new change in both mind and body.

Donny Lucas

Edward Chee, West Studio

Debonair

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Voice filter

New voiceover

New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Transforming

Chromas

Debonair Zed Chromas

Catseye

Cerulean Club

Emerald

Obsidian

Ruby

Tanzanite

Patch history

For the expanded patch notes, see here.

V12.10

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 654 from 584.
  • Health growth increased to 99 from 85.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.

V12.4

• Living Shadow
  • Bug Fix: If the ability is recast at a certain timing while a mimicked Razor Shuriken is in flight, no longer sometimes causes two shurikens to fire from the caster's new position as opposed to one being fired from the caster and the other from the Shadow.

V12.2

• Death Mark
  • AD ratio reduced to 65% AD from 100% AD.
  • Undocumented: Cooldown upon being cancelled reduced to 0.5 seconds from 5.

V11.23

• Razor Shuriken
  • Bug Fix: Hit SFX now properly plays for all shurikens hit, even if they hit the same target.

V11.22

• Death Mark
  • Undocumented: Shadow duration increased to 9 seconds from 7.5.
    • Recast duration unchanged (7.5 seconds).

V11.18

• Contempt for the Weak
  • Damage against monsters increased to 200% from 100%.

V11.17

• Razor Shuriken
  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 110% bonus AD from 100%.
    • Secondary target bonus AD ratio increased to 66% bonus AD from 60%.
• Shadow Slash
  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 65% bonus AD from 80%.
• Death Mark
  • Cooldown increased to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 120 / 90 / 60.

V11.14

• Prestige PROJECT: Zed
  • Suit colors changed to be more grey than brown.
  • Blade colors changed to be more gold.
  • Shadow Slash visual effects now have grind particles.

V11.8

• Contempt for the Weak
  • Removed: No longer has a cooldown against minions and monsters.
  • Removed: No longer deals 200% damage against monsters.
  • New Effect: Damage cap now only affects epic monsters rather than all jungle monsters.
  • Damage cap against epic monsters changed to 300 at all levels from 200 / 350 / 500 (based on level).

V11.1

• Stats
  • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.

V10.25

• General
  • Bug Fix: White tiles no longer appear at his feet while recalling or during his death animation.

V10.22

• Shadow Slash
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 from 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170.

V10.21

• Contempt for the Weak
  • Added a yellow ring under targets affected by the passive to match similar passive indicators on Jarvan IV, Ekko, and Shaco.

V10.18

• General
  • Bug Fix: If he dies during his dance animation, his clone will no longer stay on the map and grant vision until he respawns.

V10.14

• Living Shadow
  • Missile speed increased to 2500 from 1750.
  • Cooldown reduced to 20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14 seconds from 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14.

V10.10 - May 14th Hotfix

• Reverted V10.10 changes.

V10.10

• Living Shadow
  • Bug Fix: Living Shadow can no longer be buffered to be recast during Death Mark.
  • Undocumented: Buffering an attack command after recasting Living Shadow during Razor Shuriken's cast time will now have the attack be delayed the same way it is when casting a normal Razor Shuriken.
  • Undocumented: Zed will no longer instantly launch Razor Shuriken, regardless of its current cast time, after recasting Living Shadow during its cast time.
  • Undocumented: The Shadow now plays an instance of Shadow Slash VFX at Zed's cast position if Zed buffered both it and the recast of Living Shadow during the Shadow's dash.

V10.4

• Contempt for the Weak
  • New Effect: Now deals 200% damage against monsters.
  • Damage cap against monsters increased to 200 / 350 / 500 (based on level) from 120 / 240 / 360 (based on level).

V9.8

• Razor Shuriken
  • Base damage reduced to 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 from 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230.
• Living Shadow
  • Cooldown increased to 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 seconds from 20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14.

V9.6

• Death Mark
  • Bug Fix: "Unit will die to Death Mark" indicator is no longer miscalculated.

V9.4

• Stats
  • Attack speed growth increased to 3.3% from 2.1%.
• Razor Shuriken
  • Base damage increased to 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230 from 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220.
  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 100% bonus AD from 90%.
• Living Shadow
  • Recast range increased to 1950 units from 1300.
  • Cooldown reduced to 20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14 seconds from 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14.
• Death Mark
  • Removed - Reaper of Shadows: No longer grants Zed permanent 5 (+ 5 / 10 / 15% of target's AD) bonus AD upon takedown.

V9.1

• Living Shadow
  • New Effect: Ability icon border now shows the remaining time to recast the ability.
• Death Mark
  • New Effect: Ability icon border now shows the remaining time to recast the ability.

V8.9

• Razor Shuriken
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the bonus attack damage did not count towards his bonus attack damage scaling on Razor Shuriken.
• Shockblade Zed
  • Bug Fix: Ruby chroma no longer steals particles from Championship Zed if both skins are present in the same game.

V8.7

• Razor Shuriken
  • Secondary bonus AD ratio increased to 54% bonus AD from 45%.
  • Secondary base damage increased to 48 / 69 / 90 / 111 / 132 from 40 / 57.5 / 75 / 92.5 / 110.

V8.6

• Razor Shuriken
  • Secondary base damage reduced to 40 / 57.5 / 75 / 92.5 / 110 from 48 / 69 / 90 / 111 / 132.
  • Secondary bonus AD ratio reduced to 45% bonus AD from 54%.
  • Removed: Damage being reduced on shurikens that hit the same enemy.
• Death Mark
  • Percentage of damage stored increased to 25 / 40 / 55% from 20 / 35 / 45%.

V8.4

• Death Mark
  • Cooldown reduced to 120 / 90 / 60 seconds from 120 / 100 / 80.

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 7 from 7.092.

V7.24

• Shockblade Zed
  • Bug Fix: Shurikens no longer clip into his back during his death animation.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 63 from 54.712.
  • Base armor increased to 32 from 26.88.
  • Base health increased to 584 from 579.4.
  • Health growth increased to 85 from 80.
• Razor Shuriken
  • Initial base damage increased to 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 from 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210.
  • Secondary base damage increased to 45 / 66 / 87 / 108 / 129 from 42 / 63 / 84 / 105 / 126.
• Shadow Slash
  • Base damage increased to 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 from 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165.

V7.18 September 15th Hotfix

• Living Shadow
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug which caused the game to crash when Zed used Living Shadow.

V7.17

• Stats
  • Base attack speed increased to 0.651 from 0.644.
• Living Shadow
  • Shadow duration increased to 5 seconds from 4.5.
• Death Mark
  • Bug Fix: No longer behaves inconsistently when interacting with Ryze's Realm Warp.

V7.1

• Shockblade Zed
  • Living Shadow
    • Bug Fix: Smoke visual effects disappearing during Zed's dance animation.

V6.22

• Living Shadow
  • Removed: Passively granting extra 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20% bonus AD.
  • Energy restored increased to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
  • Shadow swap range increased to 1300 from 1100.
• Shadow Slash
  • Base damage changed to 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
  • Cooldown changed to 5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3 seconds from 4 at all ranks.
• Death Mark
  • New Effect - Reaper of Shadows: Scoring a takedown with/while Death Mark is active permanently grants Zed non-stacking 5 (+ 5 / 10 / 15% of target's AD) bonus attack damage (he always keeps the highest value between his current bonus and his latest takedown)

V6.18

• General
  • PROJECT: Zed
    • Bug Fix: Rough transition between emotes and idle animation.

V6.12

• Living Shadow
  • New Effect: Spawned shadow is marked by a circular team indicator.
• Death Mark
  • New Effect: Spawned Living Shadow is marked by a circular team indicator.

V6.11

• Razor Shuriken
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235.
  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 90% bonus AD from 100%
  • Secondary reduced damage reduced to 25% from 50%.

V6.7

• Living Shadow
  • Cooldown increased to 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 seconds from 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14.
  • Extra bonus AD reduced to 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20% bonus AD from 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% bonus AD.

V6.3

• Death Mark
  • Stored damage reduced to 25 / 35 / 45% from 30 / 40 / 50%.

V5.23

• General
  • Zed's model size reduced by 10%.
• Living Shadow
  • Cast range increased to 700 from 600.
  • Minimum cast range reduced to 350 from 400.
  • Projectile speed increased to 1750 from 1500.
• Death Mark
  • Stored damage increased to 30 / 40 / 50% from 20 / 35 / 50%.

V5.22

• Living Shadow
  • Bug Fix: Cast time being removed by Zed casting at the same time as his other abilities.

V5.17

• Razor Shuriken
  • Bug Fix: Additional shuriken sometimes not appearing if cast too quickly after Living Shadow.
• Living Shadow
  • Bug Fix: Additional shuriken sometimes appearing if cast quickly enough after Razor Shuriken.
• Death Mark
  • Bug Fix: Zed being unable to reactivate after reviving ( Guardian Angel)
  • Bug Fix: Living Shadow sometimes lasting indefinitely.

V5.16

• Death Mark
  • Reactivation delay reduced to 0.5 seconds from 1.

V5.9

• Death Mark
  • New Effect: Reactivation has a 1 second cooldown after Zed reappears.

V5.2

• Stats
  • Base attack speed reduced to 0.644 from 0.658.
  • Attack speed growth reduced to 2.1 from 3.1.

V4.15

• Living Shadow
  • New Effect: Tooltip displays extra bonus AD gained at rank 0.

V4.14

• Death Mark
  • Landing point changed to behind the target from in front of.
  • New Effect: Zed becomes ghosted while the mark is active.

V4.10

• Death Mark
  • Bug Fix: Zed teleporting to a random location when targeting an enemy who is mid-dash.

V4.5

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 21 from 17.

V3.13

• Living Shadow
  • Projectile speed reduced to 1500 from 2500.
• Death Mark
  • Tooltip updated.
  • Cast time increased to 0.75 seconds from 0.35.
  • Living Shadow spawn point changed to cast location from behind the target.
  • Living Shadow swap range increased to global from 1100.

V3.7

• Razor Shuriken
  • Secondary reduced damage reduced to 45 / 69 / 93 / 117 / 141 (+ 60% bonus AD) from 60 / 92 / 124 / 156 / 188 (+ 80% bonus AD)
• Living Shadow
  • Shadow sight radius reduced to 700 from 1300.
• Shadow Slash
  • Cooldown increased to 4 seconds from 3.

V3.6

• Living Shadow
  • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds from 22 / 20.5 / 19 / 17.5 / 16.
• Shadow Slash
  • Removed: Cooldown reduction by hitting minions and monsters.
  • Cooldown reduction per champion hit increased to 2 seconds from 1.

V3.03

• Razor Shuriken
  • Base damage increased to 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 from 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215.
• Living Shadow
  • Bug Fix: Zed sometimes casting in a random direction.
• Shadow Slash
  • Base damage reduced to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 345 from 320.

V1.0.0.151

• Added

Trivia

• Zed is one of 22 champions without a single  ability power ratio on any ability: Aatrox, Akshan, Camille, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Draven, Garen, Kalista, Kayn, Kindred, Kled, Olaf, Pyke, Riven, Samira, Sett, Talon, Urgot, Vayne, Xayah, and Yone.
• Zed's dance was inspired by various martial arts (the animator is a black belt).
• 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 Ekko, who rewinds time. Willump does die, but Nunu does not.
• Zed, Sona, Garen and Vi were targeted by Jhin in his teaser.
  • After Zed was shot, his champion icon on his League of Legends page and the champion list was updated to a gif with petals blowing past him.
• Zed is the fifth champion to use energy as a resource for abilities (the others being Akali, Kennen, Lee Sin and Shen).
• Before the release of Galaxy Slayer Zed and Pulsefire Shen, neither him nor Shen reveal their faces in any of their skins, unlike Akali ( All-star, Nurse, Blood Moon) and Kennen ( Karate, M.D.).
• Zed and Lucian perform the 'airplane arms' run when having very high movement speed.
• Razor Shuriken, Living Shadow, and Shadow Slash respectively mirroring Thundering Shuriken, Shadow Dash, and Crescent Slash, as well as Death Mark, Assassin's Mark, and Mark of the Storm marking their targets reference Zed having been a Kinkou Order member.
  • Death Mark was conceived with spawning two Living Shadows and was animated accordingly on release.
  • Clicking one of the Living Shadows during Death Marks animation used to display Akali's 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 could theoretically increase their AD infinitely with Reaper of Shadows by alternating killing each other, before it was removed from the game in V9.4.
• Zed used to gain the 'Law of Inverse Ninja Strength' cosmetic Easter egg 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, Akali, Kennen, and/or Shen found themselves on the same team. It was removed in V3.14 for unknown reasons.
• At 23 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.

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions