Zed vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Zed
based on 5,415 Zed vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Xerath Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Zed vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Zed against Xerath counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Zed usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Xerath
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Who is Better, Zed or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xerath, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Zed makes an ok counter for Xerath.
While Zed does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Xerathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zed vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zed against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed usually gets more CS as Xerath. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Zed versus Xerath build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Zed bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Xerath than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Xerath with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Xerath as Zed, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zed vs Xerath matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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