How to win lane as Pantheon against Zed · 56.79% win rate over 1,104 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Level 1 Pantheon's base damage and Q out-poke Zed before his combo comes online. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | Level 2-3 the W stun all-in punishes the squishy early Zed and wins trades. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | By level 4 Pantheon's E blocks Zed's poke and keeps trade control. |
| Levels 4-5 | Pantheon | Level 5 Pantheon holds priority before Zed's ult and lethality spike. |
| Level 6 | Zed | At level 6 Zed's R shadow combo plus lethality bursts Pantheon and repositions out of his W. |
| First item | Zed | With lethality items Zed's mobility lets him assassinate and escape, favoring his mid-game. |
| Two+ items | Pantheon | Late, Zed's single-target ult matters less in teamfights while Pantheon's flank engage deletes him first. |
Pantheon wins the early laning phase: his Q poke and W stun beat Zed before Zed has the energy and levels for his shadow combos. Zed's early Q poke is manageable, and a W-Q-auto from Pantheon threatens a kill on the squishy assassin. Pantheon should trade hard at levels 2-3, use E to block Zed's poke, and look to force him low.
The full Pantheon vs Zed report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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