Rengar vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Rengar
based on 5,163 Rengar vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Zed
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Rengar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Rengar vs. Zed matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Rengar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rengar and Zed
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Who is Better, Rengar or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rengar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zed, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Rengar makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Rengar does have a higher win rate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Rengar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Rengar into Zedas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Rengar also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Zed matchups, Rengar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Rengar is a decent counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rengar against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rengar in order to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Zed. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Rengar versus Zed build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Rengar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rengar had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Zed as Rengar, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Future's Market, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rengar vs Zed counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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