Xayah vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Xayah
based on 2,217 Xayah vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Zed Counter Build
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Core Xayah Items
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Guide to Countering Zed as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Zed
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Xayah versus Zed counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Xayah usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Zed
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Who is Better, Xayah or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when taking on Zed, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Xayah does have a higher win rate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xayah into Zed.
Additionally, Xayah has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Zed matchups, Xayah is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xayah is a decent counter for Zed. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Zed.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Zed Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Xayah versus Zed build consist of Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Zed than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Zed as Xayah, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xayah vs Zed counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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