Zed vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Zed
based on 3,671 Zed vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Evelynn
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Advice to Win Against Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Zed vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Zed in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Zed against Evelynn counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Evelynn..
Zed typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Evelynn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Zed or Evelynn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when taking on Evelynn, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Zed makes a poor counter to Evelynn.
While Zed does have a lower win rate than Evelynn, when facing one another, Zed also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zed into Evelynnas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zed vs Evelynn matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Zed is a garbage counter for Evelynn. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed in order to counter Evelynn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often picks up much more CS relative to Evelynn. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Zed versus Evelynn build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Zed bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Evelynn than with most other common builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Evelynn as Zed, Zed players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Zed vs Evelynn counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
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