Vex vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Vex
based on 2,621 Vex vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Vex
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.
Vex vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Vex in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some strategic Vex against Zed matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between these two champs. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Vex typically has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Zed
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Who is Better, Vex or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vex usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zed, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Vex makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Vex does have a higher winrate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Vex into Zed.
Moreover, Vex also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Zed matchups, Vex 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 teamfights.
Vex is a decent counter to Zed. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vex against Zed.
Other Champion Matchups Against Vex
Additional Information for Vex Players
How We Calculated Our Vex vs Zed Build and Stats
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vex to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vex versus Zed build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when facing Zed than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Zed with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Zed as Vex, Vex players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Vex vs Zed LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zed as Vex are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.