Zed vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Zed
based on 1,762 Zed vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Zed vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Zed against Viktor matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viktor..
Zed often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Viktor
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Who is Better, Zed or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when playing against Viktor, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Zed does have a lower winrate than Viktor, when facing one another, Zed also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Viktoras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Viktor. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zed versus Viktor build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Zed bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Viktor than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Viktor with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Viktor as Zed, Zed players 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 builds that we analyzed for Zed vs Viktor battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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