Caitlyn vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Caitlyn
based on 13,666 Caitlyn vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Zed
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Caitlyn vs. Zed matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Caitlyn typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Zed
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when facing off against Zed, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a good counter to Zed.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Zed.
Moreover, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often 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 Caitlyn vs Zed matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Caitlyn versus Zed build consist of The Collector, Axiom Arc, and Hubris. When Caitlyn bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Zed than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Zed as Caitlyn, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Zed fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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