Volibear vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Volibear
based on 2,835 Volibear vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Volibear vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Volibear vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Volibear
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.
Volibear vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Volibear in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Volibear versus Zed counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Volibear typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Volibear or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when taking on Zed, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Volibear does have a higher win rate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Volibear into Zed.
Furthermore, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Zed matchups, Volibear is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Volibear is a decent counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear often racks up a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Volibear versus Zed build include Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Volibear included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Zed than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Zed with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Zed as Volibear, Volibear players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Volibear vs Zed LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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