Zed vs Ambessa Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Jungle, this is Zed versus Ambessa — a assassin against a fighter/assassin hybrid. Over 149 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Zed closes out 55.0% of them. Being 5.0 points clear of the 50% line makes Ambessa a favourable draw for Zed.
This is a physical-versus-physical exchange between Zed and Ambessa. Starting health splits 654 to 630 in Zed’s favour, with armour at 32 against 35. By level 18 that becomes 2337 health and 112 armour for Zed against 2500 and 118 for Ambessa. Zed moves quicker at base (345 against 335), which shows up on roams.
With both sitting in melee range (125 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Living Shadow (W) and Public Execution (R) are usually what decide a trade between Zed and Ambessa. Level six shifts things: Death Mark on one side, Public Execution on the other.
Riot scores Ambessa at 10/10 for difficulty against 7/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. Stats for Ambessa in this matchup are recalculated automatically for Jungle.
FAQ
Yes — Zed holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Zed wins 55.0% of the recorded games.
55.0% from Zed's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
149 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Zed build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Zed build page.