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How to Win Zeri vs Zed Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Zed

How to Beat Zed as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zed as Zeri

based on 1,358 Zeri vs Zed matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League games every week. In our data, Zeri battled Zed in 1358 games. With so many games with Zeri vs Zed gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare actionable stats and a supported build to annihilate your opponent. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Zeri encounters Zed in only 3.5% of their games.

Zeri vs Zed Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri has done a awful job of beating Zed. On average, they wins a lowly 45.9% of the time the champions face one another in. In Zeri vs Zed rounds, Zeri’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Zed.

Best Zeri vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterExperimental HexplateRunaan's Hurricane

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowNavori QuickbladesLord Dominik's RegardsTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Zed as Zeri

Advice to Win Against Zed

Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.

After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.

Zeri vs Zed Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Zed Image
6.9
< Kills >
8.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
6.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
189
< Minions Killed >
160
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.4
12,996
< Physical Damage >
22,379
6,533
< Magic Damage >
1,271
554
< True Damage >
1,218
20,084
< Damage Dealt >
24,870
24,079
< Damage Taken >
22,722
12,668
< Gold Earned >
12,625
2.14
< Towers >
1.65
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,420
< Total Healing >
3,709
12,986
< Experience >
14,953
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
7
124
< Time Dealing CC >
148

How to Counter Zed with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Zeri vs. Zed matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Zed..

Zeri usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Zed

Who is Better, Zeri or Zed?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when playing against Zed, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Zeri makes a poor counter to Zed.

While Zeri does have a much lower win rate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Zeri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zeri into Zed.

Additionally, Zeri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zeri is a garbage counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Zed.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Zed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zed as Zeri, we analyzed 1,358 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 Zed as Zeri 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

Zeri Build Zed Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zeri in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Zeri versus Zed build include Bloodthirster, Experimental Hexplate, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Zeri used at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better against Zed than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 45.9% when playing against Zed with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Zed as Zeri, Zeri players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Zeri vs Zed counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.9% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Zeri x Zed tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using every game finished with these champs.