Zed vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Zed
based on 1,358 Zed vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Zeri
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 Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Zed versus Zeri matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zeri..
Zed usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Zeri
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Who is Better, Zed or Zeri?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zed usually wins when playing against Zeri, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Zed makes a great counter to Zeri.
While Zed does have a much higher win rate compared to Zeri, when facing one another, Zed also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zed into Zerias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zed vs Zeri matchups, Zed is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zed is a great counter to Zeri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zed to counter Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zeri. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Zed versus Zeri build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Zeri than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Zeri with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Zeri as Zed, Zed players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Zed vs Zeri battles, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.1% win rate overall.
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