Zed vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Zed
based on 10,130 Zed vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Zed vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Zed versus Yasuo counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Zed normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Zed or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zed usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Zed makes a poor counter to Yasuo.
While Zed does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zed into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zed also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zed is a trash counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zed in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Zed versus Yasuo build consist of Axiom Arc, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Zed used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Yasuo than with most other common builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Yasuo with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Yasuo as Zed, Zed players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zed vs Yasuo clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.
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