Zed with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Zed and Caitlyn
based on 12,735 Zed with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zed Caitlyn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zed and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Zed with Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Zed Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Zed in LoL
The Zed Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zed sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Caitlyn helps Zed perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zed is an ally to Caitlyn, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This may signal that Caitlyn doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zed is played together with Caitlyn 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 alongside Caitlyn.
Moreover, when Zed plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Zed during team fights.
Synergies between Zed and Caitlyn
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Is Zed better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no perfect ally for Zed that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, Caitlyn is a very typical teammate for Zed. By being on the same side as Zed, she decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 48.0%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Zed and Caitlyn that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Zed. That means Zed players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Caitlyn allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Zed players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Zed and Caitlyn together, you probably will not be giving your side very much magic damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 Zed to work well with Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Zed and Caitlyn synergy build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Zed combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Caitlyn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
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