Orianna vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Orianna
based on 1,734 Orianna vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Zed
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Orianna against Zed counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Orianna usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Zed. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Orianna and Zed
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Who is Better, Orianna or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when playing against Zed, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Zedas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Orianna versus Zed build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Orianna bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Zed than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Zed as Orianna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Orianna vs Zed clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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