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

Zed vs Sylas

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

based on 5,141 Zed vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Sylas as Zed resulted from an analysis of 5141 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Zed encounters Sylas in only 3.7% of his games.

Zed vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zed does a below average job of countering Sylas. On average, he wins a lowly 47.1% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Zed vs Sylas matches, Zed’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Sylas.

Best Zed vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightAxiom ArcVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeOpportunityYoumuu's GhostbladeEclipse

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
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Zed vs Sylas Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Sylas Image
8.7
< Kills >
8.5
7
< Deaths >
7.6
5.7
< Assists >
6.5
2.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.96
151
< Minions Killed >
126
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.4
22,362
< Physical Damage >
781
1,270
< Magic Damage >
21,906
1,239
< True Damage >
828
24,872
< Damage Dealt >
23,515
23,046
< Damage Taken >
31,424
12,342
< Gold Earned >
11,657
1.54
< Towers >
1.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,714
< Total Healing >
8,032
14,441
< Experience >
13,876
17
< Vision Score >
20
7
< Wards Placed >
9
143
< Time Dealing CC >
272

How to Counter Sylas with Zed in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several significant Zed versus Sylas counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Zed often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zed and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Sylas

Who is Better, Zed or Sylas?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when taking on Sylas, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Zed makes a bad counter to Sylas.

While Zed does have a lower winrate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Zed also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zed into Sylasas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zed has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Zed is a garbage counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Sylas.

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 Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Zed, we analyzed 5,141 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 Sylas 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 Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sylas. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Zed versus Sylas build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Sylas than with most other common builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Sylas with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sylas as Zed, you 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 picked for Zed vs Sylas LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Zed are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.