Zed vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Zed
based on 2,410 Zed vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Zed vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Zed versus Illaoi counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Illaoi. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Zed typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Zed or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when facing off against Illaoi, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes an ok counter for Illaoi.
While Zed does have a lower winrate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Zed also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zed also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. 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 Zed vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter for Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zed in order to counter Illaoi 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 stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed usually gets a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Zed versus Illaoi build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Illaoi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Illaoi as Zed, Zed players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Zed vs Illaoi clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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