Leona vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Leona
based on 4,732 Leona vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Zed
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Leona in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Leona against Zed counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zed. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Zed
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Who is Better, Leona or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Zed, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a good counter to Zed.
While Leona does have a higher win rate than Zed, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Zed.
Moreover, Leona also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Zed matchups, Leona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Leona is a good counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Leona versus Zed build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Zed than with many other common builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 52.2% battling Zed with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zed as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Leona vs Zed fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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