Yasuo with Zed
How to Synergize Yasuo and Zed
based on 3,083 Yasuo with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Zed Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Zed
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Zed
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zed helps Yasuo perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo tries to synergize with Zed, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Zed does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Zed on the same side, 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 alongside Zed.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Zed on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Zed does a poor job of covering Yasuo during team fights.
Synergies between Yasuo and Zed
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Zed?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Yasuo that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Zed is a very bad teammate for Yasuo. By being on the same side as Yasuo, he lowers their win rate by -3.3% to 47.3%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Yasuo and Zed that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zed has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means Yasuo players don't need to be careful when finding Zed comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Yasuo and Zed together, you will not be giving your other allies a great deal of utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Zed teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Yasuo to pair well with Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Yasuo and Zed synergy build include Infinity Edge, Death's Dance, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Zed than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 47.3% helping carry Zed with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing 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 picked for Yasuo and Zed pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Zed with Yasuo are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.