Ahri vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Ahri
based on 3,866 Ahri vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Zed
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Ahri in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Ahri against Zed counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Ahri usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Zed
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Who is Better, Ahri or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when facing off against Zed, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Ahri also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ahri into Zed.
Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ahri is a bad counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ahri against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ahri to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champs who on average don't acquire 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ahri versus Zed build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Zed than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Zed with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Zed as Ahri, Ahri players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ahri vs Zed matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.7% winrate overall.
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