- Win Rate
- 49.3%
- Pick Rate
- 4.4%
- Ban Rate
- 19.6%
Zed vs Skarner
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 5,810
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 12, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Zed vs Skarner is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Skarner wins with a 55.6% win rate (+11.1%) over Zed based on 9 games. Skarner wins the early laning phase while Zed scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Zed build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Zed vs Skarner matchup.
Zed Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Zed performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Zed vs Skarner?
Zed wins 37.5% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 13.7% and 69.4% (95% range).
- Expected
- 47.5% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- −10.0 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 8 games Lane: Jungle
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 11
Key takeaways
- Only 8 Zed vs Skarner games were recorded in the Jungle role on patch 26.20 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Zed and Skarner played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Zed's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Zed vs Skarner Laning Stats
Only 8 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Zed vs Skarner Win Rate by Game Length
Zed's win rate against Skarner by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Zed's results against Skarner in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Zed vs Skarner Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Zed Changes Against Skarner
Only 8 games so far — too few to compare what Zed players do in this matchup with their usual choices (needs 20).
Best Zed Build vs Skarner
Usual Zed build (Jungle)
61.2% win rate · 49 games
Against Skarner
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 0 of 8 Zed games against Skarner carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Zed's standard build instead.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Zed Runes vs Skarner
Usual Zed runes (Jungle)
First Strike
48.8% win rate · 342 games
Against Skarner
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Zed draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Zed matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. The table below shows Zed's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Zed build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Zed Matchups
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Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Zed vs Skarner FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Zed vs Skarner?
Only 8 Zed vs Skarner games were recorded in the Jungle role on patch 26.20 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
What is Zed's win rate against Skarner?
Zed wins 37.5% of 8 Jungle games against Skarner on patch 26.20 (95% range 13.7–69.4%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 47.5% would be expected.
Does Zed counter Skarner?
There are only 8 Zed vs Skarner games in this lane on patch 26.20 — too few to answer reliably yet.
Who wins lane, Zed or Skarner?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (8) to say who wins lane.
Does Zed outscale Skarner?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Skarner strongest against Zed?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Skarner is ahead of Zed beyond the margin of error.
What should Zed build against Skarner?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Zed's usual Jungle core: Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Edge of Night.
What runes should Zed use against Skarner?
Use Zed's usual First Strike page (Inspiration + Domination); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.