How to Counter ZED! (Ultimate Guide)

The BEST Guide to COUNTER ZED!

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[skillcapped]

OOOOKAY this guide went on longer than intended... BUT we're confident you'll not need to ban Zed anymore after watching.. Feedback & Suggestions welcome! 😎👍

[swiftbrokensword]

Just set shadows off in settings, you're welcome.

[gheorghetutunaru]

I think its pretty obvious who the next counter guide should be about: YASUO

[xitaris]

One thing to remember when timing his W: his W CD gets reduced by 2 seconds for every champion hit by his E. So when setting up a gank, don't get surprised when he's able to W away if you waited a few seconds after his W was on CD and let him land some E's on both of you.

[MiahooJunk]

"In this video we sent Hector to Italy to see if he catch the Coronavirus..."

[lDreamStealerl]

Yo as a Zed main all I can say is please take this down

[nikhilc]

15 minutes after i get dumpstered by a zed, nice

[glichjthebicycle]

if you are playing zed here are a few tips from a plat-dia zed main:


Dont get greedy. Almost every matchup is unplayable pre 3 as they said. It doesnt really matter if you dont get the lasthits at those early lvls. Its a very common mistake to get greedy for the lasthit and then eat a lot of dmg by some basics and/or an ability. After you hit 3 try to hit your combo and take your switch if they throw out an ability. Dont go all in unless they use their abilities. If you do go in they generally outtrade you as their combo does about the same dmg as yours does but they get to basic you a couple times after you back off which is just free dmg. It all depends on their current hp but generally speaking you dont want to all in with your first combo. Poke them and if they do use their abilities, dodge them and go all in. You will at least get a flash.
Dont throw your W directly at them. Try to throw it a bit left or right of them. This way you will hit your Qs way more often as they are harder do dodge when they come from 2 angles instead of one when you throw your W directly at them.
Pressure them. Sometimes not using your W is key. If they play very safe dont get greedy for the kill. Just zone them away from the wave so they miss gold and maybe even xp. If they get greedy go all in.

And always look at the wave. Big wave is bad to w into. Only do it if u are guranteed a kill

[CriticalPosthumanism]

I guess I can ignore this video because you didn't say "trust me you don't wanna miss this one".

[zelianjungler]

And most important tip: Report your adc, for trying to right click Zed in the river bush in the end of laning phase. No matter what elo your playing, your adc will try to 1 v1 zed in the river bush when rotation start

(trust me i've played zed)

[Shrooblord]

I _love_ it. Thank you for this extremely comprehensive guide! Would love to see more of its kind.

[gollum]

Aaaand you needed to let us know that Hector got solo-killed by a gold elo player. That was equally mean and funny.

[BLKCLVR]

This gave me a really good understanding of how to play against Zed. However, it also gave me an understanding of his weaknesses, so now I can go and play around them the next time I pick him.

[RayhartTwins]

please please make a guide like this but for Yasuo.

[BaHeTo]

This guide was amazing. You should definitely do more on how to counter certian champs

[Isopotermiastico]

Ofc I want more of this, the game is much more fun when you know the rules xD

[PLZFrosty]

This was the most educational video you guys have produced. Not the other's weren't educational, don't get me wrong. Please do more of these. It can help so many idiots like me learn what a champ actually wants to do especially when playing a role/champ you're not familiar with. Not only are you teaching the counter, but also how to play the champ by teaching what they want to achieve in lane and, to a lesser extent, in game. Thank you sooo much for this video! I cannot wait to practice this in game! If you could do Yasuo soon it'll be great!

[ifjkiydxd]

As a Zed main, I'd like to correct the fact about Zed shadow at 2:23. Zed shadow 's E also apply the slow, thats why Zed mains usually E when casting shadow before casting Q.

[skiimanu]

As a Zed player, I’m scared to play the game now...

[karsonkammerzell]

Real talk. This applies to Zed, Riven, and Fizz in particular, but back in my super early days of League I absolutely hated these three with a passion. As I learned more and more about the game I discovered what was probably the biggest wake up call in the form of realizing I didn't have to get kills in lane to be effective; CS was fine or even better in some cases.

By learning to play safer in lane, I stopped giving these champions kills early on, and that, in turn, led me to realize just how much easier to deal with they become when coming out of lane 0/0/0. They're like a whole different champion.