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

Zed vs Malphite

How to Beat Malphite as Zed in LoLZed is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Malphite as Zed

based on 6,966 Zed vs Malphite matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
5.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Zed battled Malphite in 6966 games. Using so many games with Zed vs Malphite provides us faith in our ability to provide enlightening data and a solid build to shatter Malphite. This particular matchup is fairly uncommon. Zed encounters Malphite in only 5.1% of his rounds.

Zed vs Malphite Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zed has done a pathetic job of countering Malphite. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.9% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Zed versus Malphite rounds, Zed’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Malphite.

Best Zed vs Malphite Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Axiom ArcProfane HydraVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Guardian AngelEdge of NightSerylda's GrudgeMaw of Malmortius

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

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Malphite

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 Malphite

If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.

Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.

Zed vs Malphite Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Malphite Image
8.4
< Kills >
5.5
6.7
< Deaths >
5
5.7
< Assists >
8.3
1.92
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
157
< Minions Killed >
152
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.49
20,590
< Physical Damage >
5,298
1,237
< Magic Damage >
15,292
1,220
< True Damage >
726
23,048
< Damage Dealt >
21,317
23,438
< Damage Taken >
25,109
12,449
< Gold Earned >
11,219
1.54
< Towers >
2.07
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,702
< Total Healing >
3,336
14,658
< Experience >
14,764
18
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
10
155
< Time Dealing CC >
709

How to Counter Malphite with Zed in LoL

The stats shown here feature several strategic Zed versus Malphite matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..

Zed normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zed and Malphite

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Malphite
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Malphite

Who is Better, Zed or Malphite?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when trying to fight Malphite, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Zed makes a bad counter for Malphite.

While Zed does have a much lower winrate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Zed into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zed also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Zed is a bad counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zed against Malphite.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zed

Zed Loses Against

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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 Malphite Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malphite as Zed, we analyzed 6,966 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 Malphite 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zed to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malphite. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Zed versus Malphite build include Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Malphite than with many other common builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 45.9% when countering Malphite with this counter build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Malphite 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. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zed vs Malphite counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Zed are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.