Maokai vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Maokai
based on 5,382 Maokai vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Zed
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Maokai vs. Zed counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Zed
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Who is Better, Maokai or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 55.4% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a fantastic counter to Zed.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate compared to Zed, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Zed.
Moreover, Maokai also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Zed matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Maokai is a great counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Zed during both the early game 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 suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Zed. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Zed build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Zed than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 55.4% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zed as Maokai, Maokai players should equip 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 builds that we analyzed for Maokai vs Zed clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.4% winrate overall.
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