Varus vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Varus
based on 5,470 Varus vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Zed
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Varus against Zed matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between these two champions. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Varus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Zed
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Who is Better, Varus or Zed?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zed, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Zed, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Varus into Zed.
Furthermore, Varus also 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Zed.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Zed Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often racks up a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Varus versus Zed build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Zed than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Zed as Varus, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Varus vs Zed matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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