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Pretty easy matchup. Stay away from the minions as he will use them to poke you, and if he throws his Qs at you you can easily dodge it. He's pretty weak in all-ins
Veigar
Pretty easy too, he will outscale you hard though so you should get a lead early and punish him everytime he overextends. Watch out for his Stun as you engage him as he can put it on himself.
Azir
Early game he might poke you heavily till lv3 but beyond that you should have an easy time as he isn't really comfortable with all-ins. After lv6 he has his ult but you can just shadow through it so it's no big deal really.
Viktor
I have trouble vs him but it's because I'm too stupid to dodge his laser... Dodge his laser and you'll win the trade easily and can all-in him, just care for his stun if you go all in.
Talon
Unbelievably hard match-up... He deals more dmg than you from lv3 on and will do more dmg than with the same items. If you get to kill him really early you'll do well but at lv6 you'll notice the power difference
Ahri
Pretty much a skill match up. If she charms you you're pretty much fked but you can dodge it with your ultimate. She can charm you after your ult though if she's good. She will poke you at early lvls but you should rly punish her for missing her charm
Fizz
This champion does so much damage in all-ins so you should really poke him hard before going all-in on him. He can also dodge your deathmark with his jump.
Xerath
If he stuns you you lose the trade really hard, but it flies so slowly that it's easy to dodge actually. Here again you can dodge it with your ult so you have some nice outplay potential.
Vel'Koz
Dodge his Skillshots and you're fine. Care not to get knocked up and you can go all in most of the time.
Malzahar
Very easy lane, he will push you in early though but you can kill him easily if you go all-in. Vs his ultimate just grab an QSS as third item and you'll be fine.
Akali
She will probably start with Cloth+5pots so unless you get some hard pokes on her or she doesn't play to 6 early you'll have a hard time once she hits lv6 as her powerspike is huge and she can stealth. Upgrade your Stealth totem to pink ward early so you can outplay her during fights.
Annie
Annie has a very strong laning phase as she can pretty much stack her stun really fast by only farming with her Q and she can then win trades very easily. You can poke her hard though with range but if you all in her at lv6 she will burst you if she has ignite. Also she is much better in teamfights than you.
Cassiopeia
When she hits her venom she is really deadly but if she misses it you should punish her really hard for it. You can dodge her ultimate but it's pretty hard when she flash ults but you shouldn't have that much of a hard time if she doesn't hit the venom.
Brand
Everything is skillshots which are fairly easy to dodge and as long as he doesn't stun you you should come out ahead in trades. His ultimate is devastating though but if you can dodge it with your Death Mark you should do well.
Diana
Diana is a really hard champ vs zed as she only needs to hit her Q at lv6 to do devastating damage to you and if she gets ahead you will have a very hard time because she outbursts you hard.
Orianna
She's hard to kill on lane due to her shield and she will poke you/punish you for every farm you'll take so unless she's oom or does some silly mistakes you can't kill her. She can't really dominate you though so you can easily push and go roam or try to kill her with a gank.
Karthus
Very easy match up, it's hard to hit his Q while you engage onto him, he could kill you when he's dead but you can shadow back to your ult so you should be fine.
Irelia
Irelia is an assassin counter. Her stun will feel like 3 hours of endless pain and since she has a lot of dmg and attack speed you will lose that trade or all-in so hard you'll be crying. Farm as much as you can and go roam, you won't kill her without a gank and or even with a gank... Irelia OP.
Kayle
Her ult is devastating for you in teamfights as she will deny your damage completely. On the lane though you can poke her hard with W+Q combo and she's pretty squishy. I killed loads of Kayle's before hitting lv6 and even after you can force her ult out before you even ulted her.
Lissandra
Pretty similar to kayle, she will either ult herself or ult you once you ult into her or her team so that she denies you completely. Also she can poke you hard with Q on lane and she can hold you in place with her Snare which makes you very vulnerable to ganks. Avoid teamfighting her and try to splitpush and get picks.
LeBlanc
Pretty much a skill matchup. The trick to win this lane is to W+E+Q once you see she's jumping towards you after she threw her Q. Once you do that not only she will have missed her main damage but you will have hit most of your damage.
Lux
A bit of poke early but once she misses her Q she's a goner.
Lulu
Polymorph and her Ult will make you cry once you engage onto her, also she has alot of poke with her Q and E so you will have a hard time. You could kill her once she's oom but very hard matchup.
Nidalee
She can't rly do much once you engage onto her. Stand behind your minions to not get hit by spears and you'll do fine. At lv6 you should have an almost guaranteed kill.
Riven
Very hard lane to win and Teamfights too. Once you ult her or someone else you'll get stunned knocked up and burst. You'll probably need help from your jungler since you'll be hugging your tower as she can punish you so hard if you overextend for farm. Her damage is much higher than yours at any stage of the game
Syndra
A lot of poke early but you can dodge her ultimate completely or partially if you got stunned beforehand. Try to dodge the early Q's and you should be fine if you get to dodge her ultimate with yours.
Twisted Fate
His Q is pretty easy to dodge and he will use his wild card most of the time on minions to regenerate mana and if he does use it on you you can punish him hard if it wasn't a yellow card, which you could even dodge with your Ultimate. Pretty easy lane to win.
Swain
He pokes you heavily with non avoidable damage, not even in your ultimate. Once you get locked down by his snare you'll see your hp bar go to half which is pretty annoying but easy to dodge at least. To kill him you will need ignite and wait for his snare to be used beforehand or else you'll have a tough time.
Yasuo
Pretty much more a skill matchup than many people might think. I have dominated zeds myself with yasuo but the main point I've seen to win this lane is play safe until lv3 because yasuo's lv1-2 is super strong and you'll lose most of the trades at that stage. Once you reach lv3 you can start poking him hard and at lv6 you can make him miss the tornado with your ultimate which will make him suffer pretty much and you'll get an easy kill or at least flash off him.
Vladimir
He outsustains you hard and can dodge your deathmark with his pool which will deny so much of your damage but you can't really dodge his ultimate since it's instantly cast (unless you're a god at predicting!). Try to farm as much as possible and roam.
Ekko
Pretty tough guy to kill since he has a stun + shield he can use once you ultimate him and he can also ult to escape your ult and revert some of the damage he took, you shouldn't rly have a hard time vs him on lane but it won't be that easy to kill him either.
Cho'Gath
He's a CC monster with his silence and knock-up which will give you a hard time later on when his silence lasts about 2 seconds. On the lane though you can kill him early and deny his "growth" once he is still squishy.
Katarina
She is actually pretty tricky and a bit of "Knowledge" Matchup. If she knows she has to ult after you ult and never all-in you unless you ult her she will win the fight pretty easily since she outdamages you if you take all the damage from her ult. She will also poke you endlessly with her Q since she doesn't have any ressource. Very hard lane and once she gets a zhonya's she'll be a god vs you in teamfights.
Hello and welcome to my Zed guide. I've spammed zed throughout season 4 and 5 that I can't really tell you how many games I had with him but there were more or less 200-300 and with those I've gathered a lot of knowledge which I'd like to share with you! This is also my first Guide at all so Criticism is more than welcome! I am still not done so don't criticize yet I have yet to learn how to ilustrate stuff etc...
How to master Zed in 5 seconds or more...
Build Guide By BananaJumper
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