Ashe vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Ashe
based on 6,115 Ashe vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Zed
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
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.
Ashe vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Ashe in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Ashe versus Zed matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Ashe often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ashe and Zed
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Who is Better, Ashe or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ashe usually fairs equally well when taking on Zed, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Ashe makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Ashe does have a lower winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Ashe also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Ashe into Zed.
Moreover, Ashe also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ashe is a somewhat poor counter for Zed. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ashe against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ashe to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of 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 Ashe versus Zed build consist of Imperial Mandate, Black Mist Scythe, and Axiom Arc. When Ashe incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Zed than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ashe had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Zed as Ashe, Ashe players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Ultimate Hunter, and Cheap Shot runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ashe vs Zed matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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