Lissandra vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Lissandra
based on 2,435 Lissandra vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Zed
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Lissandra versus Zed matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Lissandra usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Zed
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a good counter for Zed.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Lissandra into Zed.
Moreover, Lissandra 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Zed matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is an above average counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to counter Zed during both the laning 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 shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Lissandra versus Zed build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Zed with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Zed as Lissandra, Lissandra players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Lissandra vs Zed face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
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