Aphelios vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Aphelios
based on 3,062 Aphelios vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Zed
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Aphelios vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Aphelios vs. Zed matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between these two champs. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Aphelios typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Zed. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Zed
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when facing off against Zed, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a good counter to Zed.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Zedas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Zed matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aphelios is a decent counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Zed.
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How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Zed Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually gets a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Zed build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Zed than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Zed as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Zed fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zed as Aphelios are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.