Rell vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Rell
based on 1,746 Rell vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rell vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Rell vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Rell
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.
Rell vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Rell in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Rell vs. Zed matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Rell typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rell and Zed
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Who is Better, Rell or Zed?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rell usually wins when playing against Zed, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Rell makes a good counter for Zed.
While Rell does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Rell also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Rell into Zed.
Furthermore, Rell also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rell vs Zed matchups, Rell is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rell is a decent counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rell against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rell in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Rell versus Zed build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Celestial Opposition. When Rell bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Zed than with many other common builds. In fact, Rell boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Zed with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Zed as Rell, Rell players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Rell vs Zed matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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