Zed Counters

Best picks against Zed

Highest win rate versus Zed in Mid.

1. 1Malphite871 games55.9%
2. 2Hwei769 games54.4%
3. 3Sion207 games54.1%
4. 4Annie463 games54.0%
5. 5Xerath941 games53.6%
6. 6Fizz1,886 games53.4%
7. 7Ekko1,519 games52.9%
8. 8Irelia917 games52.9%
9. 9Sylas731 games52.8%
10. 10Swain199 games52.8%
11. 11Vex939 games52.7%
12. 12Gangplank1,474 games52.4%
13. 13Kayle1,320 games52.2%
14. 14Diana487 games52.2%
15. 15Kennen1,061 games52.1%

Worst picks against Zed

Lowest win rate versus Zed in Mid.

1. 1Lucian138 games39.1%
2. 2Vel'Koz178 games42.1%
3. 3Cassiopeia259 games44.4%
4. 4Smolder150 games45.3%
5. 5Aurelion Sol379 games46.2%
6. 6Aurora518 games46.3%
7. 7Locke157 games46.5%
8. 8Jayce171 games46.8%
9. 9Anivia429 games46.9%
10. 10Galio665 games46.9%
11. 11Tristana1,273 games47.0%
12. 12Akali1,709 games47.0%
13. 13Azir374 games47.1%
14. 14Naafiri259 games47.1%
15. 15Mel625 games47.7%

Best lane counters vs Zed

Largest gold lead over Zed at 15 minutes in Mid.

1. 1Irelia252 games+651
2. 2Diana340 games+314
3. 3Qiyana119 games+198
4. 4Malphite341 games+159
5. 5Mel352 games+122
6. 6Naafiri145 games+111
7. 7Locke156 games+103
8. 8Zoe220 games+51
9. 9Fizz484 games+9

How to play against Zed

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. 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.
2. Move vertically when he walks up to combo. Dodging the W-E-Q line removes most of his early trade.
3. Hold defensive tools for his R reappearance instead of spending them on poke. Create space, then punish the landing point.
4. Push towers when he roams off-tempo from side lane. Following late gives him the fight he wanted while your wave dies.
5. 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.