Kai'Sa vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Kai'Sa
based on 5,937 Kai'Sa vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Zed
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
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.
Kai'Sa vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Kai'Sa against Zed counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Kai'Sa normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Zed
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Zed?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Zed, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kai'Sa into Zed.
Moreover, Kai'Sa has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kai'Sa is a terribly counter to Zed. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Zed during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Zed build include Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Zed than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 47.8% battling Zed with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Zed as Kai'Sa, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kai'Sa vs Zed counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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