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Yone vs Zed

How to Beat Zed as Yone in LoLYone is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zed as Yone

based on 8,609 Yone vs Zed matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
1.63
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. In our database, Yone battled Zed in 8609 rounds. Having so many games with Yone vs Zed provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare informative statistics and a solid build to annihilate your foe. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Yone encounters Zed in only 3.6% of his rounds.

Yone vs Zed Matchup Summary

Yone has done a average job of beating Zed. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Yone versus Zed games, Yone’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Zed.

Best Yone vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Phantom DancerBloodthirsterDeath's DanceTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yone to level upq
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Second ability for Yone to level upe
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Last skill for Yone to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zed as Yone

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.

Yone vs Zed Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Zed Image
6.9
< Kills >
9.2
7.3
< Deaths >
6.6
5
< Assists >
5.4
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
2.12
183
< Minions Killed >
159
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.38
15,874
< Physical Damage >
22,458
4,703
< Magic Damage >
1,228
2,820
< True Damage >
1,267
23,399
< Damage Dealt >
24,953
26,993
< Damage Taken >
23,294
12,575
< Gold Earned >
12,680
2.13
< Towers >
1.63
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
6,176
< Total Healing >
3,807
15,377
< Experience >
15,058
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
225
< Time Dealing CC >
150

How to Counter Zed with Yone in LoL

The stats provided here feature several important Yone versus Zed counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zed..

Yone usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yone and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Zed

Who is Better, Yone or Zed?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zed, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Yone makes an ok counter to Zed.

While Yone does have a higher winrate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Yone into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Yone 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yone vs Zed matchups, Yone is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Yone is a decent counter to Zed. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yone against Zed.

Additional Information for Yone Players

How We Calculated Our Yone vs Zed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zed as Yone, we analyzed 8,609 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zed as Yone comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yone to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Yone versus Zed build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Zed than with most other common builds. In fact, Yone had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Zed with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Zed as Yone, Yone players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Yone vs Zed battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.

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