Zed vs Fizz — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Zed against Fizz · 50.52% win rate over 5,770 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Zed is favoured — Zed owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Fizz's 1. Zed wins 50.52% of games vs Fizz in mid lane (5,770 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1ZedZed: level 1 ranged Q poke beats melee Fizz.
Level 2ZedZed: level 2-3 Zed zones Fizz off CS and trades freely.
Level 3ZedZed: pre-6 Fizz can't answer Zed's poke.
Levels 4-5ZedZed: at 6 Death Mark pressures Fizz if his E is down.
Level 6ZedZed: Youmuu's lethality bursts Fizz before he scales.
First itemZedZed: mid game Zed's roam and tempo stay ahead.
Two+ itemsFizzFizz: full build E dodges Death Mark and his burst deletes Zed.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Zed is favored levels 1-5. Fizz is a weak melee laner early and must walk up to last-hit, letting Zed freely poke him with Q shuriken and zone him off farm. Zed should punish every step forward before Fizz has the tools to fight back.

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The full Zed vs Fizz 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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