Zed vs Tryndamere
How to Beat Tryndamere as Zed
based on 3,489 Zed vs Tryndamere matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Tryndamere Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Tryndamere Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tryndamere as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Tryndamere
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 Tryndamere
Try harassing Tryndamere early so he can't kill minions and heal with Bloodlust.
Most of Tryndamere's damage is physical. If he's getting too strong, consider buying a Thornmail.
Remember, Tryndamere can only slow you if you are facing away from him.
Zed vs Tryndamere Counter Stats
How to Counter Tryndamere with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Zed vs. Tryndamere matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tryndamere’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tryndamere..
Zed normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Tryndamere. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Tryndamere
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Who is Better, Zed or Tryndamere?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when playing against Tryndamere, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes a bad counter for Tryndamere.
While Zed does have a lower win rate compared to Tryndamere, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zed into Tryndamereas his relative depth means 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 Tryndamere. 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 Tryndamere matchups, Tryndamere is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter to Tryndamere. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Tryndamere.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zed in order to counter Tryndamere during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Tryndamere. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zed versus Tryndamere build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Zed bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Tryndamere than with most other common builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average winrate of 48.8% battling Tryndamere with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Tryndamere as Zed, Zed players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Zed vs Tryndamere clashes, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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