MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Pantheon vs Zed
How often does Pantheon beat Zed in Jungle?
Pantheon into Zed in Jungle: 48% observed win rate across 434 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Pantheon behind by 442 gold.
Pantheon at 15:00
- Gold: -442
- CS: -14
- XP: -565
Typical gap to Zed, from 432 games that reached 15:00.
Does Pantheon counter Zed?
No counter here: Pantheon sits at 48% over 434 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.
Beating Zed: the Pantheon game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Pantheon at 66% across 161 games. Flip the lead and Pantheon falls to 38% across 273.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 66% | 161 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 38% | 273 |
| First blood | 54% | 305 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 62% | 178 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 69% | 97 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 61% | 141 |
| 0 deaths at 15:00 | 73% | 69 |
Someone usually dies here around 7:19 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:40. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Pantheon's Jungle build, with receipts
Into Zed specifically, Pantheon finishes Sundered Sky first most often: 42.0% over 50 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Pantheon core is Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver, Guardian Angel: 55.6% across 846 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Sundered Sky (4,031 games).
Skill plan: Pantheon players max Q first and take Q at level 1.