Viego vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Viego
based on 5,461 Viego vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Viego
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.
Viego vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Viego in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Viego versus Zed counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Viego often has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. On average, they takes more damage than Zed. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viego and Zed
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Who is Better, Viego or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viego usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes a good counter for Zed.
While Viego does have a higher winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Viego also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Viego into Zed.
Moreover, Viego has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Zed matchups, Viego is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Viego is a good counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viego 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 mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Viego versus Zed build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Death's Dance. When Viego incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better when facing Zed than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Zed as Viego, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Viego vs Zed matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.
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