Blitzcrank with Zed
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Zed
based on 4,924 Blitzcrank with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Zed Synergy Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Zed
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Zed
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Zed Will Play
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.
Blitzcrank Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zed helps Blitzcrank perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Blitzcrank is an ally to Zed, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Zed supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played alongside Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zed.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Zed on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Zed does a poor job of covering Blitzcrank in teamfights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Zed
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Zed?
There is no ideal ally for Blitzcrank that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Zed is a terrible companion for Blitzcrank. By being on the same team as Blitzcrank, he drops their win rate by -3.4% to 48.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Blitzcrank and Zed that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Zed has a greater difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players need to be careful when lining up Zed teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Blitzcrank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Blitzcrank and Zed together, you will not be granting your team enough magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Zed ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to work well with Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Blitzcrank and Zed synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Frozen Heart. When Blitzcrank included at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zed than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 48.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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