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How to Win Rumble vs Zed Counter MatchupRumble is in the s tier of champions

Rumble vs Zed

How to Beat Zed as Rumble in LoLRumble is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zed as Rumble

based on 2,685 Rumble vs Zed matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our data, Rumble faced off against Zed in 2685 matches. Using so many games with Rumble vs Zed gives us faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a pro build to wreck your enemy. This particular champ pairing is fairly uncommon. Rumble is forced to battle against Zed in only 4.0% of his games.

Rumble vs Zed Matchup Summary

Rumble does a decent job of beating Zed. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Rumble versus Zed games, Rumble’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Zed.

Best Rumble vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Rumble Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeShadowflameHextech RocketbeltRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rumble to level upq
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Second ability for Rumble to level upe
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Last skill for Rumble to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometNimbus CloakAbsolute FocusScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rumble's passive ability p
Rumble's q ability q
Rumble's w ability w
Rumble's e ability e
Rumble's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zed as Rumble

Tips for Playing as Rumble against Zed

Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.

If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.

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.

Rumble vs Zed Counter Stats

Rumble Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Zed Image
7.3
< Kills >
8.9
6.5
< Deaths >
6.8
7.1
< Assists >
5.6
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
2.07
153
< Minions Killed >
159
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.34
987
< Physical Damage >
22,096
23,256
< Magic Damage >
1,238
1,115
< True Damage >
1,197
25,359
< Damage Dealt >
24,531
26,183
< Damage Taken >
23,644
12,096
< Gold Earned >
12,745
1.65
< Towers >
1.57
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
3,889
< Total Healing >
3,860
15,026
< Experience >
14,999
20
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
7
280
< Time Dealing CC >
149

How to Counter Zed with Rumble in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several valuable Rumble versus Zed counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..

Rumble often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rumble and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Rumble
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rumble
Zed

Who is Better, Rumble or Zed?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rumble usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Rumble makes a good counter for Zed.

While Rumble does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Rumble also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rumble into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Rumble also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Zed matchups, Rumble is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Rumble is a decent counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rumble against Zed.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rumble

Rumble Loses Against

Kog'MawKog'Maw44.8% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger45.3% winrateZyraZyra45.6% winrateIvernIvern45.7% winrate

Rumble Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai55.4% winrateZeriZeri54.6% winrateSivirSivir54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 53.1% 620 GamesFioraFiora+ 54.3% 731 GamesCamilleCamille+ 54.4% 482 GamesKledKled+ 56.1% 426 Games

Additional Information for Rumble Players

How We Calculated Our Rumble vs Zed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zed as Rumble, we analyzed 2,685 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zed as Rumble comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rumble to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rumble on average gets a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Rumble versus Zed build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Zed than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rumble had an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Zed with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Zed as Rumble, you should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Rumble vs Zed fights, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.

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