Taric vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Taric
based on 1,385 Taric vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Zed
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Taric versus Zed counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Taric usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Zed
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Who is Better, Taric or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when playing against Zed, with a 55.2% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a fantastic counter to Zed.
While Taric does have a much higher winrate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Taric also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Zed.
Furthermore, Taric also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Zed matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Taric is a great counter for Zed. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Taric against Zed.
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How We Calculated Our Taric vs Zed Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric in order to counter Zed during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average accumulates a lot less CS as Zed. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taric versus Zed build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Zed than with most other common builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 55.2% when playing against Zed with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Zed as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Taric vs Zed face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zed as Taric are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.