Tryndamere with Zed
How to Synergize Tryndamere and Zed
based on 2,800 Tryndamere with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Tryndamere Zed Synergy Summary
Best Tryndamere vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Tryndamere and Zed
Tips for Playing as Tryndamere with Zed
Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
Tryndamere Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Tryndamere in LoL
The Tryndamere 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, Tryndamere sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zed helps Tryndamere perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tryndamere plays on the same team as Zed, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Zed helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Tryndamere is played with Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zed.
Additionally, when Tryndamere plays with Zed on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of protecting Tryndamere in teamfights.
Synergies between Tryndamere and Zed
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Is Tryndamere better when played alongside Zed?
There is no top companion for Tryndamere that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Zed is a very bad companion for Tryndamere. By being on the same side as Tryndamere, he decreases their win rate by -3.5% to 46.6%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Tryndamere and Zed that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Zed has a greater difficulty than Tryndamere. That means Tryndamere players need to be careful when lining up Zed allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Tryndamere and Zed together, you will not be giving your side enough AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Zed ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Tryndamere to pair well with Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Tryndamere and Zed synergy build consist of Mortal Reminder, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Zed than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Tryndamere had an average winrate of 46.6% helping carry Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Zed with Tryndamere are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.