Zed vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Zed
based on 9,124 Zed vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Zed vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Zed in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Zed versus Mordekaiser counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Mordekaiser..
Zed often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Mordekaiser. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Zed or Mordekaiser?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when taking on Mordekaiser, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Zed makes a poor counter to Mordekaiser.
While Zed does have a lower winrate than Mordekaiser, when facing one another, Zed also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zed into Mordekaiseras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser 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 team fights.
Zed is a bad counter to Mordekaiser. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zed to counter Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Mordekaiser. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Zed versus Mordekaiser build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Mordekaiser than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Mordekaiser as Zed, Zed players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Triple Tonic, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zed vs Mordekaiser matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.
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