Ashe vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Ashe
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Ashe vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Zed
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
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.
Ashe vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Ashe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Ashe vs. Zed matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Ashe normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ashe and Zed
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Who is Better, Ashe or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ashe usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zed, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Ashe does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Ashe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ashe into Zed.
Additionally, Ashe has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Zed matchups, Ashe is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ashe is a decent counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ashe against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ashe in order to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ashe versus Zed build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Ashe included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Zed than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ashe boasted an average win rate of 50.1% battling Zed with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Zed as Ashe, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Ashe vs Zed matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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