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.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Bel'Veth versus Zed matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Bel'Veth’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s ratio of NaN, showing that Bel'Veth may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Bel'Veth typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bel'Veth usually wins when playing against Zed, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Bel'Veth makes a great counter for Zed.
While Bel'Veth does have a much higher win rate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Bel'Veth also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bel'Veth into Zedas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bel'Veth also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bel'Veth vs Zed matchups, Bel'Veth is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Bel'Veth is a great counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Bel'Veth against Zed.
If you would like to truly master Bel'Veth in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bel'Veth most often picks up a lot less CS as Zed. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Bel'Veth versus Zed build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Bel'Veth combined at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Bel'Veth boasted an average win rate of 54.0% battling Zed with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Zed as Bel'Veth, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Bel'Veth vs Zed matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.0% winrate overall.
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