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How to Win Zed vs Yuumi Counter MatchupZed is in the b tier of champions

Zed vs Yuumi

How to Beat Yuumi as Zed in LoLZed is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yuumi as Zed

based on 2,895 Zed vs Yuumi matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Yuumi as Zed came out of an evaluation of 2895 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Zed is forced to battle against Yuumi in only 2.1% of his games.

Zed vs Yuumi Matchup Summary

Zed has done a good job of beating Yuumi. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.4% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Zed versus Yuumi rounds, Zed’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Yuumi.

Best Zed vs Yuumi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Axiom ArcYoumuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zed to level upq
>
Second ability for Zed to level upe
>
Last skill for Zed to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Zed's passive ability p
Zed's q ability q
Zed's w ability w
Zed's e ability e
Zed's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Yuumi as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Yuumi

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.

Zed vs Yuumi Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Yuumi Image
7.9
< Kills >
1.6
5.9
< Deaths >
3.6
5.3
< Assists >
15.5
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
154
< Minions Killed >
13
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.01
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.54
19,523
< Physical Damage >
310
1,125
< Magic Damage >
7,289
1,104
< True Damage >
668
21,753
< Damage Dealt >
8,268
21,567
< Damage Taken >
7,903
11,978
< Gold Earned >
8,049
1.7
< Towers >
2.3
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0
3,595
< Total Healing >
6,766
14,115
< Experience >
11,073
17
< Vision Score >
38
7
< Wards Placed >
18
143
< Time Dealing CC >
169

How to Counter Yuumi with Zed in LoL

The stats shown on this page show some vital Zed versus Yuumi counter statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yuumi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yuumi. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in killsdeaths.

Zed often has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yuumi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zed and Yuumi

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Yuumi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Yuumi

Who is Better, Zed or Yuumi?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually wins when playing against Yuumi, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Zed makes a good counter to Yuumi.

While Zed does have a higher winrate than Yuumi, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zed into Yuumias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Zed has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yuumi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Yuumi matchups, Zed is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zed is an above average counter to Yuumi. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Yuumi.

Additional Information for Zed Players

How We Calculated Our Zed vs Yuumi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yuumi as Zed, we analyzed 2,895 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Yuumi as Zed comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zed in order to counter Yuumi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed often accumulates much more CS relative to Yuumi. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Zed versus Yuumi build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Yuumi than with many other common builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Yuumi with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Yuumi as Zed, Zed players should take 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 that we analyzed for Zed vs Yuumi clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.

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