Akali vs Zed in Mid lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: only take his Q through minions — a raw shuriken is his main poke and chip. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDZEDthe Master of Shadows

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Never eat a raw Q

Only take his Q through minions where it's weakened — a clean shuriken is his main source of poke.

Abuse his W cooldown

His W cooldown is very long early — trade into that window, since without a shadow down he can't dash away.

E him after his ult

E him as he reappears from his ult, but only if he has no shadow already down — otherwise he insta-W's out and you can't trade back.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never trade ults at the same time — his is always off cooldown first, so you overtrade in the 10-20s window while yours is still down.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 52% WR - 2.5k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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