Syndra vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Syndra
based on 2,719 Syndra vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Zed
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some significant Syndra versus Zed matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Syndra often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Zed
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Who is Better, Syndra or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Syndra usually loses when facing off against Zed, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes a bad counter to Zed.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Syndra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Syndra into Zedas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Syndra is a trash counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Syndra versus Zed build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Zed than with many other typical builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Zed as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Syndra vs Zed face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.7% winrate overall.
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