Lee Sin vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Lee Sin
based on 4,514 Lee Sin vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Zed
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some influential Lee Sin vs. Zed matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Zed
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zed, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Zed, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lee Sin into Zed.
Additionally, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin to counter Zed during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually gets a lot less CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Lee Sin versus Zed build consist of Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Zed as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Zed matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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