Braum vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Braum
based on 1,526 Braum vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Zed
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Braum vs. Zed matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between these two champs. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Braum usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Braum and Zed
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Who is Better, Braum or Zed?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a good counter for Zed.
While Braum does have a higher winrate than Zed, when facing one another, Braum also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Braum into Zed.
Moreover, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Zed matchups, Braum is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Braum is an above average counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Zed.
Other Champion Matchups Against Braum
Additional Information for Braum Players
How We Calculated Our Braum vs Zed Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Braum to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Braum versus Zed build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Braum had an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Zed with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Zed as Braum, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Braum vs Zed fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zed as Braum are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.