Twisted Fate vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Twisted Fate
based on 5,132 Twisted Fate vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Twisted Fate vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Twisted Fate vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Twisted Fate
Tips for Playing as Twisted Fate against Zed
Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.
Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.
Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.
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.
Twisted Fate vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Twisted Fate in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Twisted Fate vs. Zed matchup stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Twisted Fate’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, showing that Twisted Fate may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Twisted Fate typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Twisted Fate and Zed
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Who is Better, Twisted Fate or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Twisted Fate usually fairs equally well when playing against Zed, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Twisted Fate makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Twisted Fate does have a lower win rate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Twisted Fate also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Twisted Fate into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Twisted Fate has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twisted Fate vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Twisted Fate is a somewhat poor counter for Zed. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Twisted Fate against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Twisted Fate in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twisted Fate typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically 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 Twisted Fate versus Zed build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Twisted Fate used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Zed than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Twisted Fate had an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zed as Twisted Fate, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Twisted Fate vs Zed battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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