Zed vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Zed
based on 1,526 Zed vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Braum Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Braum as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Braum
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Advice to Win Against Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Zed vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Zed against Braum matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Braum. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Zed often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Braum. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Braum
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Who is Better, Zed or Braum?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when playing against Braum, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Zed makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Zed does have a lower winrate than Braum, when facing one another, Zed also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zed into Braumas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zed vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Zed is a garbage counter for Braum. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zed against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed in order to counter Braum during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often racks up much more CS compared to Braum. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Zed versus Braum build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Zed combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Braum than with many other common builds. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Braum as Zed, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Zed vs Braum clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.
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