Ezreal vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Ezreal
based on 8,377 Ezreal vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Zed
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
Advice to Win Against Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Ezreal vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Ezreal vs. Zed matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Ezreal normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ezreal and Zed
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Zed?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when trying to fight Zed, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Ezreal does have a lower win rate than Zed, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Ezreal into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ezreal also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ezreal in order to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal often picks up a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Zed build consist of Ravenous Hydra, Trinity Force, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Zed than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average winrate of 48.6% battling Zed with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Zed as Ezreal, Ezreal players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ezreal vs Zed counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.
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