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How to Win Zed vs Irelia Counter MatchupZed is in the b tier of champions

Zed vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Zed in LoLZed is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Zed

based on 4,002 Zed vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our database, Zed fought Irelia 4002 times. With so many games with Zed versus Irelia gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide informative stats and a supported build to wreck Irelia. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Zed encounters Irelia in only 2.9% of his games.

Zed vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zed does a poor job of countering Irelia. On average, he wins a lowly 47.6% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Zed vs Irelia games, Zed’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Zed vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelAxiom ArcMaw of MalmortiusEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Zed's passive ability p
Zed's q ability q
Zed's w ability w
Zed's e ability e
Zed's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Zed vs Irelia Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Irelia Image
8.6
< Kills >
7.5
6.5
< Deaths >
7
5.8
< Assists >
5.1
1.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.71
159
< Minions Killed >
213
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.53
21,929
< Physical Damage >
16,813
1,237
< Magic Damage >
6,073
1,386
< True Damage >
813
24,553
< Damage Dealt >
23,700
22,910
< Damage Taken >
32,374
12,514
< Gold Earned >
13,255
1.53
< Towers >
2.44
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,827
< Total Healing >
11,324
14,821
< Experience >
15,468
17
< Vision Score >
17
7
< Wards Placed >
9
147
< Time Dealing CC >
121

How to Counter Irelia with Zed in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Zed vs. Irelia matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..

Zed often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zed and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Irelia

Who is Better, Zed or Irelia?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when taking on Irelia, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes a poor counter to Irelia.

While Zed does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zed into Ireliaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Zed has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Zed is a trash counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zed

Zed Loses Against

FizzFizz44.4% winrateLilliaLillia44.4% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.6% winrateTaricTaric44.8% winrate

Zed Wins Against

SejuaniSejuani55.1% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateTaliyahTaliyah53.7% winrateSyndraSyndra53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZileanZilean+ 52.2% 1530 GamesSingedSinged+ 52.3% 3841 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.5% 10540 GamesRyzeRyze+ 53.5% 550 Games

Additional Information for Zed Players

How We Calculated Our Zed vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Zed, we analyzed 4,002 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 Irelia as Zed 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.

Other Useful Resources

Zed Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zed to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Zed versus Irelia build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Zed used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zed boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Irelia as Zed, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zed vs Irelia face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.

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