How to win lane as Yone against Zed · 48.43% win rate over 5,207 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — his shuriken poke trades against your sustain and rewind. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-based as his Living Shadow poke offsets your dueling kit. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains a coinflip decided by dodging his Q pair. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even while he stacks energy-based poke pressure. |
| Level 6 | Yone | Level 6 flips to you: Death Mark commits him into your E-rewind and R knockup. |
| First item | Yone | First item favours you — Shieldbow absorbs his burst and you punish the failed all-in. |
| Two+ items | Yone | At 2+ items you dominate; R resets and lifesteal outscale his single-target ult. |
Levels 1-2 are skill-decided: Zed's shuriken poke can win short trades, but you have the sustain and the E rewind to punish a greedy Living Shadow, so respect his Q pair and farm safely.
The full Yone vs Zed report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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