Draven vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Draven
based on 4,408 Draven vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Zed
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Draven against Zed counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Draven typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Zed
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Who is Better, Draven or Zed?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Draven usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a good counter to Zed.
While Draven does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Draven into Zedas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Zed matchups, Draven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Draven is a decent counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Draven against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need 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 many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Draven versus Zed build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Zed than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 51.4% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Zed as Draven, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Draven vs Zed counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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