Graves vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Graves
based on 6,308 Graves vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Zed
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Graves against Zed counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Graves normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zed. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Zed
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Who is Better, Graves or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter for Zed.
While Graves does have a higher win rate than Zed, when facing one another, Graves also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Zed.
Additionally, Graves has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Zed matchups, Graves 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.
Graves is a decent counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average racks up less CS compared to Zed. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Graves versus Zed build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Zed than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Zed as Graves, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Graves vs Zed battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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