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How to Win Zed vs Leona Counter MatchupZed is in the b tier of champions

Zed vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Zed in LoLZed is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Zed

based on 4,732 Zed vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Leona as Zed resulted from an examination of 4732 ranked rounds where both champs faced one another. This matchup is fairly rare. Zed fights Leona in only 3.4% of his games.

Zed vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zed has done a dismal job of countering Leona. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champs face each other in. In Zed vs Leona rounds, Zed’s team is 0.2% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood against Leona.

Best Zed vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Axiom ArcVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeEclipseYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zed to level upq
>
Second ability for Zed to level upe
>
Last skill for Zed to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Zed's passive ability p
Zed's q ability q
Zed's w ability w
Zed's e ability e
Zed's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Leona as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Zed vs Leona Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Leona Image
8.6
< Kills >
2.3
6.6
< Deaths >
5.9
5.9
< Assists >
13.9
1.98
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
156
< Minions Killed >
33
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.47
21,478
< Physical Damage >
2,945
1,227
< Magic Damage >
6,934
1,286
< True Damage >
1,004
23,993
< Damage Dealt >
10,884
22,981
< Damage Taken >
23,413
12,506
< Gold Earned >
8,799
1.61
< Towers >
1.59
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,646
< Total Healing >
2,928
14,708
< Experience >
10,945
18
< Vision Score >
57
7
< Wards Placed >
24
151
< Time Dealing CC >
247

How to Counter Leona with Zed in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Zed against Leona matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Zed often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Leona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zed and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Leona

Who is Better, Zed or Leona?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually loses when trying to fight Leona, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Zed does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Zed into Leonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Zed also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Zed is a terribly counter for Leona. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zed

Zed Loses Against

FizzFizz44.4% winrateLilliaLillia44.4% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.6% winrateTaricTaric44.8% winrate

Zed Wins Against

SejuaniSejuani55.1% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateTaliyahTaliyah53.7% winrateSyndraSyndra53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZileanZilean+ 52.2% 1530 GamesSingedSinged+ 52.3% 3841 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.5% 10540 GamesRyzeRyze+ 53.5% 550 Games

Additional Information for Zed Players

How We Calculated Our Zed vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Zed, we analyzed 4,732 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Zed comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Leona during both the laning 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 tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed most often gets much more CS as Leona. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Zed versus Leona build consist of Axiom Arc, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Zed bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Leona than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zed boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Leona with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Leona as Zed, Zed players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zed vs Leona matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Leona as Zed are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.