Zed vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Zed
based on 8,726 Zed vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Akali
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Zed vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Zed against Akali matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between these two champs. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Zed typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Akali
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Who is Better, Zed or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Zed makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Zed does have a lower win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Zed into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zed vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zed in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zed versus Akali build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Hubris. When Zed included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Akali than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Akali as Zed, Zed players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Zed vs Akali counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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