Zed vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Zed
based on 8,377 Zed vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Zed vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Zed in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Zed versus Ezreal counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ezreal’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ezreal..
Zed normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ezreal. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Zed or Ezreal?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually wins when taking on Ezreal, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Zed makes a good counter for Ezreal.
While Zed does have a higher winrate than Ezreal, when facing one another, Zed also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Ezrealas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ezreal. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Ezreal matchups, Zed is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zed is a decent counter for Ezreal. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zed in order to counter Ezreal during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ezreal. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Zed versus Ezreal build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Zed included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Ezreal than with most other common builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Ezreal with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Ezreal as Zed, Zed players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zed vs Ezreal LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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