Xerath with Zed
How to Synergize Xerath and Zed
based on 4,035 Xerath with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Zed Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Zed
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Zed
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Zed Will Play
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.
Xerath Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zed helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is an ally to Zed, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zed supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zed.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Zed on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of covering Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Zed
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Zed?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Zed is a very typical ally for Xerath. By locking into the same team as Xerath, he lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 50.0%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Xerath and Zed that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zed has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when finding Zed teammates to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, Xerath players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Zed together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a great deal of tankyness. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Zed teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to work well with Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to get in your Xerath and Zed synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath included at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Zed than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing alongside Zed with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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