Zed vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Zed
based on 1,806 Zed vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Zed vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Zed against Jayce matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jayce..
Zed usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Jayce
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Who is Better, Zed or Jayce?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jayce, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Zed makes an ok counter to Jayce.
While Zed does have a higher winrate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Jayceas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zed also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. 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 in League of Legends, in Zed vs Jayce matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zed is a decent counter for Jayce. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zed against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zed in order to counter Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Zed versus Jayce build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Zed used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Jayce than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Jayce with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Jayce 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Zed vs Jayce battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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