Jarvan IV vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Jarvan IV
based on 1,917 Jarvan IV vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Zed
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize 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.
Jarvan IV vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Jarvan IV vs. Zed counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Zed
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Zed?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when playing against Zed, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher winrate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Zed.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Zed matchups, Zed 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.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter for Zed. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order 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 stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically gets a lot less CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Zed build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Zed than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Zed as Jarvan IV, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Jarvan IV vs Zed counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zed as Jarvan IV are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.