Katarina vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Katarina
based on 4,884 Katarina vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Zed
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several vital Katarina against Zed matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Katarina usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Zed
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Who is Better, Katarina or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zed, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Zedas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Zed matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Katarina to counter Zed during both the early game 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 tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Katarina versus Zed build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Zed than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Zed with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Zed as Katarina, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Katarina vs Zed matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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