# Zed Counters Who counters Zed? Best and worst picks against Zed by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Zed in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) ## Page Content [Zed guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) [Play against Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/how-to-play-against/) [Zed counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters/) Best and worst picks against Zed in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Malphite, Hwei and Sion beat Zed most often. Irelia, Diana and Qiyana win the laning phase against Zed by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Zed Highest win rate versus Zed in Mid. - 1 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 871 games 55.9% - 2 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 769 games 54.4% - 3 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 207 games 54.1% - 4 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 463 games 54.0% - 5 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 941 games 53.6% - 6 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 1,886 games 53.4% - 7 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 1,519 games 52.9% - 8 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 917 games 52.9% - 9 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 731 games 52.8% - 10 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 199 games 52.8% - 11 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 939 games 52.7% - 12 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 1,474 games 52.4% - 13 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 1,320 games 52.2% - 14 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 487 games 52.2% - 15 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 1,061 games 52.1% ## Worst picks against Zed Lowest win rate versus Zed in Mid. - 1 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 138 games 39.1% - 2 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 178 games 42.1% - 3 [Cassiopeia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/cassiopeia/) 259 games 44.4% - 4 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 150 games 45.3% - 5 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 379 games 46.2% - 6 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 518 games 46.3% - 7 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 157 games 46.5% - 8 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 171 games 46.8% - 9 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 429 games 46.9% - 10 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 665 games 46.9% - 11 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 1,273 games 47.0% - 12 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 1,709 games 47.0% - 13 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 374 games 47.1% - 14 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 259 games 47.1% - 15 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 625 games 47.7% ## Best lane counters vs Zed Largest gold lead over Zed at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 252 games +651 - 2 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 340 games +314 - 3 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 119 games +198 - 4 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 341 games +159 - 5 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 352 games +122 - 6 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 145 games +111 - 7 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 156 games +103 - 8 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 220 games +51 - 9 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 484 games +9 ## How to play against Zed Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish W cooldown every time he uses it for poke or wave control. Step forward with the wave so he cannot take a free reset. - Move vertically when he walks up to combo. Dodging the W-E-Q line removes most of his early trade. - Hold defensive tools for his R reappearance instead of spending them on poke. Create space, then punish the landing point. - Push towers when he roams off-tempo from side lane. Following late gives him the fight he wanted while your wave dies. - Group carries with peel before entering fog. Zed needs isolated side angles to turn R into a clean execute. ## Where Zed is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Zed needs isolated targets for clean executes, so grouped carries with peel deny his assassin pattern. - Zed's damage is loaded into shadow angles and burst timing, making defensive stasis and return-point CC blunt his threat. ## Zed counters: questions ### Who counters Zed in Mid? At Gold+, Malphite (55.9%), Hwei (54.4%) and Sion (54.1%) have the highest win rates against Zed. ### Who does Zed counter? Zed wins most often against Lucian (39.1%), Vel'Koz (42.1%) and Cassiopeia (44.4%). ### Who wins lane against Zed? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+651), Diana (+314) and Qiyana (+198) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Zed. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Diana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)