Helia Zed Build

Helia Zed Build.

Helia Zed build with runes and items. Helia Zed guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Helia Zed build in League of Legends Patch 26.2!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Zed ability Razor Shuriken should be leveled first.
Q
Zed ability Shadow Slash should be leveled second.
E
Zed ability Living Shadow should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Echoes of Helia should be final item in your build.
Cryptbloom should be final item in your build.
Locket of the Iron Solari should be final item in your build.
Moonstone Renewer should be final item in your build.
Redemption should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Guardian from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Inspiration.
Summoner spells
Pick Heal as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Helia Zed Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Inspiration
Inspiration minor tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration minor tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration minor tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration minor tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration minor tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration minor tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration minor tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration minor tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration minor tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Exhaust summoner spell

Exhaust

Solid choice in most of the games. Helps against assassins, divers and melee overall. It also lowers your healing output as you do not take Heal. Solid choice overall.

Ignite summoner spell

Ignite

Offensive option, improves your damage, gives you additional cooldown to use in fights, but reduces your healing output.

Ghost summoner spell

Ghost

Improves mobility. You can chase, position and flee better. Reduces your healing output, but makes you more agile in fights.

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How it works

General

  1. You rush Echoes of Helia.
  2. You play aggressively, getting Echoes of Helia stacks and spending them as soon as you can.
  3. You don't even need Support abilities. You can proc this item consistently with Guardian and Font of Life rune, Heal summoner spell and items.
  4. You adapt to your team's needs: more support, more damage or even more tank.

Playstyle

  1. Play aggressively, deal damage and poke to stack Echoes of Helia. ⚔️
  2. Trigger Helia as often as possible with abilities, runes, summoners and items. 💥
  3. Support allies while dealing damage to enemies. 🛡️

How to play

Helia Zed

  1. Zed Contempt for the Weak (Passive) has brutal damage, without building single damage item. It deals maximum health as bonus magic damage. That means even building as Helia, you still pack some punch.

Disrupting

  1. You can sow chaos in the fights, pretending that you are going all in on enemy carry, going back and forth between shadows, getting focus and disrupting fights. And then getting out with Death Mark (R).

Damage

  1. Death Mark (R) is cooldown that people need to react to. If you are left unattended and just keep hitting freely, even as support you are going to hurt.

Perception of Threat

  1. People see Zed as a threat, and they want to kill him. That's their muscle memory. Use that for your advantage. This will draw aggro away from your real carries.

General

  1. This is an off-meta and very fun build that works on ANY champion - even those without healing or shielding abilities!
  2. Play aggresively, stack Echoes of Helia and heal!

Items

  1. Get Echoes of Helia #1. Then you need to adapt in the game to your team and to the enemy team.
  2. Usual item order: Echoes of Helia -> Moonstone Renewer -> Redemption -> Locket of the Iron Solari then adapt.
  3. Counter enemy team, go more support or go more damage. You can even build some tank items if needed.

Buffing your team

  1. Ardent Censer is worth it if you have auto attackers on your team (ADCs, auto-attack bruisers). It will trigger often enough to be good buy.
  2. Bandlepipes is a good new item that gives MS and buffs your allies Attack Speed when you slow/immobilize enemies. Good for your auto attackers.
  3. Staff of Flowing Water is great if you have AP champions on your team. You'll be proccing it frequently with your support abilities.

Adaptation

  1. Your team needs to engage or position? Get items like Shurelya's Battlesong or Trailblazer.
  2. Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption AND/OR Locket of the Iron Solari next.
  3. If you are just getting poked and cannot manage to stay alive - get Kaenic Rookern or Warmog's Armor (caution: needs enough HP!)
  4. You have tanks, bruisers and your team lack damage? As a last resort, you can buy few items to even help with that!
  5. Remember to counter an enemy team. For example, if they have lots of healing, get Executioner's Calling early.

Tips and Tricks

Riot

  1. Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
  2. Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
  3. Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Skill Order

  • Zed [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Razor Shuriken
  • Zed [object Object] ability.
    W
    Living Shadow
  • Zed [object Object] ability.
    E
    Shadow Slash
  • Zed [object Object] ability.
    R
    Death Mark

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush this #1
Echoes of Helia item.
Main build path
Echoes of Helia item.
Mikael's Blessing item.
Dawncore item.
Ardent Censer item.
Redemption item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
If getting poked hard
Warmog's Armor item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Redemption item.
Aggressive/magic options
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Cryptbloom item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Anti-shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
Anti-healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Situational utility
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Knight's Vow item.
Bandlepipes item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Mikael's Blessing item.
Late fight prep
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Cryptbloom item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Redemption item.