Zed Counters Classic 26.22

Zed waits for your bar to slip under half. Contempt for the Weak adds eight percent of your maximum health as magic damage on a basic attack once you are down there, and it cannot repeat on you for ten seconds. Poison Trail stays on through all of it, whether he swings or not.

Maximum health decides how big that bite is, and Empowered Bulwark raises yours alongside maximum mana. So a tankier build hands him a larger number. Staying above the halfway line removes the bonus. Insanity Potion brings health regeneration with the armor and magic resist, so drink before your health slides.

Mega Adhesive belongs under Zed the moment Death Mark drops him beside you, and the puddle holds that ground longer than the mark takes to trigger. Fling throws him over your shoulder, off the spot he dashed to. None of that helps if your health is already under half when he lands.

Once Death Mark starts, Zed has dashed onto you and the trade is at melee. Cyclone knocks up anyone it meets and hands Wukong movement speed while it runs, and Zed gets out by swapping back to Living Shadow, which holds its spot for four seconds.

Every enemy champion near Wukong adds armor and magic resist through Stone Skin. Crushing Blow works the other way, taking thirty percent of Zed's armor. That cut holds three seconds. Nimbus Strike puts physical damage through the hole. Contempt for the Weak lands as magic damage, and it needs you under half first.

Nimbus Strike reaches Zed again after he swaps out from under you. Landing it puts four seconds of attack speed on your swings, and images go out at up to two enemies beside your target. Open the trade with something else, because a dash already on cooldown cannot follow him to the shadow.