Aurelion Sol vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Aurelion Sol
based on 1,870 Aurelion Sol vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aurelion Sol vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Aurelion Sol vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Aurelion Sol
Tips for Playing as Aurelion Sol against Zed
You can use Comet of Legend's flight to grow Starsurge to massive proportions.
Comet of Legend allows you to move quickly around the map; use it to put pressure on other lanes.
Save Voice of Light to use as a defense against melee opponents if you need to - otherwise, use its slow to start a fight at long range.
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.
Aurelion Sol vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Aurelion Sol in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Aurelion Sol against Zed matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aurelion Sol may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Aurelion Sol typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aurelion Sol and Zed
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Who is Better, Aurelion Sol or Zed?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aurelion Sol usually fairs equally well when taking on Zed, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Aurelion Sol makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Aurelion Sol does have a lower win rate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Aurelion Sol also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aurelion Sol into Zedas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aurelion Sol has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aurelion Sol vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Aurelion Sol is a somewhat poor counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aurelion Sol against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aurelion Sol 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aurelion Sol most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Aurelion Sol versus Zed build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Aurelion Sol bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Zed than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aurelion Sol had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Zed as Aurelion Sol, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Aurelion Sol vs Zed face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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