Grand Challenge allows Fiora to take down even the most durable opponents and then recover if successful, so do not hesitate to attack the enemy's front line.
Thanks to Duelist's Dance, Fiora excels at quick trades. Use the Move Speed boost from striking a Vital to escape unscathed or set up for the next one.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Fiora vs. Zed counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Fiora’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Fiora may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Fiora normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Fiora usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Fiora makes a good counter to Zed.
While Fiora does have a higher win rate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Fiora also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Fiora into Zed.
Furthermore, Fiora has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Fiora vs Zed matchups, Fiora is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Fiora is an above average counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Fiora against Zed.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Fiora to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiora often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Fiora versus Zed build include Guardian Angel, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Fiora used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Zed than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Fiora had an average win rate of 52.8% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Zed as Fiora, Fiora players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Fiora vs Zed LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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