Renekton vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Renekton
based on 2,249 Renekton vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Zed Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Zed as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Zed
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Renekton in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Renekton against Zed matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Renekton normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Renekton or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually loses when trying to fight Zed, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Renekton does have a lower win rate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Renekton into Zed.
Moreover, Renekton has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Renekton is a somewhat poor counter for Zed. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Renekton against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Renekton in order to counter Zed during both the laning 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 stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Renekton versus Zed build include Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Spear of Shojin. When Renekton bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Renekton had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Zed with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Zed as Renekton, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Renekton vs Zed battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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