Zed vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Zed
based on 5,257 Zed vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Twitch Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Twitch
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 Twitch
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Zed vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some critical Zed vs. Twitch matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Twitch’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Twitch..
Zed normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Twitch. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Twitch
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Who is Better, Zed or Twitch?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually loses when facing off against Twitch, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Zed makes a bad counter for Twitch.
While Zed does have a lower winrate compared to Twitch, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Zed into Twitchas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Twitch. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Twitch matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter to Twitch. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Twitch.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Twitch during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Twitch. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zed versus Twitch build consist of Axiom Arc, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Zed bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Twitch than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Twitch with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Twitch as Zed, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Zed vs Twitch fights, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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