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How to Synergize Warwick with Zed on the Same TeamWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick with Zed

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How to Synergize Warwick and Zed

based on 5,039 Warwick with Zed pairs
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Warwick has fought alongside Zed in 5039 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much great data directly from the developers of League, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Warwick synergize with Zed. It is relatively rare for Warwick to play alongside Zed on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approximately 3.0% of rounds with Warwick.

Warwick Zed Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick has done a below average job of synergizing with Zed. Usually, he wins a poor 47.9% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Warwick when playing alongside Zed by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Warwick vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTiamat

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Wit's EndSpirit VisageSpear of ShojinExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Warwick to level upw
>
Second ability for Warwick to level upq
>
Last skill for Warwick to max oute

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
E
15
E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Warwick and Zed

Tips for Playing as Warwick with Zed

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick Zed Synergy Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Zed Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.3
7.1
< Deaths >
6.9
7.1
< Assists >
6.9
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
56
< Minions Killed >
53
1.3
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,672
< Physical Damage >
7,595
9,362
< Magic Damage >
8,971
874
< True Damage >
824
17,909
< Damage Dealt >
17,391
40,972
< Damage Taken >
39,970
11,646
< Gold Earned >
11,570
1.35
< Towers >
1.37
0.28
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
22,066
< Total Healing >
21,569
13,493
< Experience >
13,215
19
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
6
294
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Play with Zed as Warwick in LoL

The Warwick 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, Warwick sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zed helps Warwick perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Warwick tries to synergize with Zed, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Zed helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Warwick is played alongside Zed on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zed.

Moreover, when Warwick plays with Zed on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of covering Warwick in team fights.

Synergies between Warwick and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Warwick
Zed

Is Warwick better when played alongside Zed?

There is no top companion for Warwick that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Zed is a not very good teammate for Warwick. By playing on the same team as Warwick, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 47.9%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Warwick and Zed that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Zed has a much greater difficulty compared to Warwick. That means Warwick players need to be careful when lining up Zed allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing alongside, Warwick players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by aligning Warwick and Zed together, you probably will not be granting your team very much AP. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Zed ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick Zed Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Warwick and Zed, we analyzed 5,039 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Warwick with Zed comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order to work well with Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to prioritize in your Warwick and Zed synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.

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