Fiddlesticks vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Fiddlesticks
based on 2,340 Fiddlesticks vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Fiddlesticks
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.
Fiddlesticks vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some influential Fiddlesticks versus Zed matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Fiddlesticks normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zed. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Zed
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Fiddlesticks makes a good counter for Zed.
While Fiddlesticks does have a higher win rate compared to Zed, when on opposite teams, Fiddlesticks also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Fiddlesticks into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Fiddlesticks has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Zed matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Fiddlesticks is a decent counter to Zed. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Fiddlesticks against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Fiddlesticks in order to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks on average accumulates a lot less CS as Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Fiddlesticks versus Zed build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Fiddlesticks used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Zed as Fiddlesticks, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Triple Tonic runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Fiddlesticks vs Zed clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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