[Top 3] TFT Best Zed Builds That Are Powerful

Updated:

28 Dec 2023

The known assassin, Zed, is back to TFT with his known style, which is slaying enemies and going for the backlines.

Zed knows exactly where to use his shadows and blades to take out his enemies in the blink of an eye.

In this article, we will talk about the combos to place Zed within, his best items, and how to make sure you assassinate your enemies.

Secrets kept are weapons wasted.

Zed is a deadly pick in TFT as he can deal so much damage, and with his Rogue trait, he goes to the backlines to take them out.

Zed also shares the Slayer and Ionia traits, which make him one of the strongest Tier 2 champions.

Zed’s stats, traits, and items are all to be discussed down below to make sure you get the best outcome from placing him on your team.

Best Zed builds in TFT Set 9

Zed’s stats:

Cost: 2 Gold
Health: 600 / 1080 / 1944
Mana: 70
Armor: 35
MR: 35
Ability Power: 100
DPS: 42 / 76 / 136
Damage: 60 / 108 / 194
Atk Spd: 0.7
Crit Rate: 25%
Range: 1

Zed’s traits:

1. Ionia

Each Ionian has a unique bonus within their Ability. Every 4 seconds, a number of Ionians are enlightened to their spirit form, gaining 20 Mana and doubling stat bonuses for 4 seconds.

3 100% Ionian bonus, 1 enlightened
6 200% Ionian bonus, 2 enlightened
9 325% Ionian bonus, 3 enlightened

2. Rogue

2 When a Rogue falls below 50% Health, they briefly become untargetable and dash to an enemy within 4 hexes (preferring enemy backline).
4 Additionally, a Rogue's first attack on an enemy bleeds them for 30% of their max Health as magic damage over 5 seconds.

3. Slayer

Slayers gain 15% Omnivamp. Slayers deal bonus damage, doubled against units below 75% Health.

2 5% bonus damage
3 10% bonus damage
4 20% bonus damage
5 30% bonus damage
6 40% bonus damage

Zed’s ability

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Living Shadow

Create a shadow at the furthest enemy within 2 + Attack Range hexes. Zed and his shadow slash adjacent enemies, dealing %Attack Damage+ %Ability Power physical damage.

Ionia Bonus: +15% Critical Strike Chance and Critical Strike Damage
AD Damage: 120% / 120% / 125%
AP Damage: 20% / 30% / 50%

Carousel priority:

These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:

Zed’s best items

1. Infinity Edge

Grant 20% bonus Attack Damage and 15% bonus Critical Strike Chance.

Damage from an Ability can critically strike.

2. Hand of Justice

Grant 2 effects:

15% Attack Damage and 15 Ability Power.
15% Omnivamp.

Each round, randomly double 1 of these effects.

Omnivamp: heal for some of damage dealt

3. Titan’s Resolve

Grant 2% Attack Damage and 2 Ability Power when attacking or taking damage, stacking up to 25 times.

At full stacks, grant 25 Armor and Magic Resist.

Best comps for Zed

3. YORDLE SLAY

Synergies:

4 Slayer
4 Shadow isles
1 Redeemer
3 Yordle
2 Bastion
2 Rogue

This sluggish level 8 reroll has excellent economics; it rerolls after you have 50 gold to get the majority of the champions to 3 stars.

The composition revolves on the level 4 yordle and Gwen as the primary damage dealer and is full of champions with 1-2 cost and yordles, which calls for higher levels of champions.

Best setup for this comp:

1. Gwen is the primary damage dealer in this composition since she has both the shadow isles trait, which increases her tankiness, and the slayer trait, which increases her damage output.

2. Zed possesses both the slayer and rogue qualities, making him a superb damage dealer and assassin.

3. Kled is an effective tank in the front lines since he has two lives—one for himself and one for Skarl—and he also has the slayer and yrodle traits.

4. Senna, who also has the dark isles trait, will be sheltering troops and delivering massive damage from the backlines.

5. Maokai, who has the shadow isles trait, takes a lot of damage while self-healing.

6. Viego is a requirement since he has both rogue and shadow isles qualities.

7. Poppy combines qualities with both Bastion and Yrodle, making her an excellent tank on the front lines.

8. Teemo will be tossing his mushrooms as a yrodle from the backlines, inflicting a lot of damage.

2. FREEZING SLAY

Synergies:

4 Rogue
3 Frejlord
2 Zaun
2 Deadeye

This is a quick level 8 reroll with excellent economics to level up all the champions with 2-3 cost while concentrating on Katarina.

This composition focuses on the rogue trait or more of assassins to eliminate the adversaries' backlines.

Best setup for this comp:

1. Katarina is the primary damage producer in this composition, and she has the Rogue trait, which will cause her to become an assassin if her health drops to 50%.

2. Lissandra is a great choice since she would shock opponents, giving the rogue members time to inflict the necessary damage.

3. Due to her ability to take a ton of damage while stun-casting a huge number of opponents, Sejuani is now one of the finest tanks in TFT.

4. Because Urgot has both the Zaun and deadeye qualities, he can do massive amounts of damage while taking far more punishment.

5. Zed, a rogue member, is capable of doing some decent damage.

6. Viego is the third rogue member you have.

7. Ekko is a crucial choice since he has both rogue and zaun qualities, healing himself and doing significant damage.

8. Ashe is a crucial choice since Lissandra, Sejuani, and Urgot share the frejlord and deadeye, respectively.1. SLAYING ALL DAY

1. THE BLADES

Synergies:

6 Slayer
1 Darkin
3 Noxus
2 Rogue
2 Jaggernaut

This is a gradual level 8 reroll in an effort to level up every champion at a cost of 2-3, notably Katarina, who will be the major damage producer.

Given that the competition is centered on Katarina's role as a slayer, a slayer symbol is a must.

Best setup for this comp:

1. Katarina is the major damage producer since she has both the noxus and rogue qualities, but in order to maximize her potential, a slayer emblem is a need.

2. Due to her slayer characteristic, Gwen is an excellent source of damage and tankiness in the front lines.

3. Kled must be included since he has both noxus and slayer qualities.

4. Darius shares the juggernaut, which gives him additional tankiness, and the noxus, which raises his total stats, making him a formidable damage dealer and tank on the front lines.

5. Kayle will enhance the slayer attribute.

6. Attrox is your fifth slayer, juggernaut, and darkin member. He will be inflicting a lot of damage on the front lines while also healing and applying CC.

7. Zed is your second rogue and sixth slayer, which is a terrific choice for this lineup.