Graves vs Zed Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Graves is a marksman, Zed a assassin, and they meet in the jungle. 1,733 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Graves at a 52.7% win rate into Zed. A 2.7-point edge is what puts this matchup in Graves’s column.
Graves looks for Quickdraw (E); Zed answers with Razor Shuriken (Q). The pressure spikes when Collateral Damage and Death Mark come online together. Resources split the two: Mana for Graves, Energy for Zed.
The 425-versus-125 attack range gap means Graves can contest the wave from outside Zed’s reach. The burden is on Zed: Graves has no reason to walk into an even fight.
Graves and Zed overlap on physical damage, so itemisation converges rather than splits. The stat sheet reads 625 HP and 33 armour for Graves against 654 and 32 for Zed. Level 18 armour lands at 111 for Graves and 112 for Zed. Graves walks at 340 and Zed at 345, so Zed dodges skillshots a fraction easier.
A 7/10 difficulty rating on Zed, against 3/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. Graves players logged 1,733 of these games to produce the 52.7% figure.
FAQ
Yes — Graves holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Graves wins 52.7% of the recorded games.
52.7% from Graves's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,733 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Graves build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Graves build page.