Zed Counters

Need dependable answers for playing against Zed? Everything below comes from live ranked Mid lane games, not guesswork from a tier list. The champions that drag Zed’s win rate lowest are Karthus, Bel’Veth and Rek’Sai. Karthus is the toughest of the three: Zed has won only 40.7% of 135 logged games against him. On the flip side, Smolder, Yone and Ambessa are matchups where Zed comes out ahead, so they’re good targets to aim for during champion select.

Each card shows Zed’s win rate in that matchup and the number of games behind it, and a sample in the tens of thousands tells you far more than one in the hundreds. The Easy, Even and Hard tags are derived directly from the win rate: under 48% reads as Hard, over 52% as Easy, and everything in between as Even. They help you scan the numbers quickly but aren’t a separate statistic. The figures cover ranked games at Emerald and above in every region, taken from patch 16.13.1, and refresh every 48 hours so they keep pace with the meta. Matchups are only part of the picture, so pair them with the current Zed build for top items and runes, or open the Zed champion page for ability breakdowns and full details.