Quinn vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Quinn
based on 1,643 Quinn vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Quinn vs Zed Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Zed as Quinn
Tips for Playing as Quinn against Zed
Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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.
Quinn vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Quinn in LoL
The stats shown here show some influential Quinn vs. Zed counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Quinn often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Quinn or Zed?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Quinn usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Quinn makes a good counter to Zed.
While Quinn does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Quinn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Quinn into Zed.
Furthermore, Quinn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Quinn vs Zed matchups, Quinn is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Quinn is a decent counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Quinn against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Quinn in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Quinn on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Quinn versus Zed build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Quinn bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Zed than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Quinn boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Zed with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Zed as Quinn, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Quinn vs Zed counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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