How to win lane as Zed against Fizz · 50.52% win rate over 5,770 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zed | Zed: level 1 ranged Q poke beats melee Fizz. |
| Level 2 | Zed | Zed: level 2-3 Zed zones Fizz off CS and trades freely. |
| Level 3 | Zed | Zed: pre-6 Fizz can't answer Zed's poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zed | Zed: at 6 Death Mark pressures Fizz if his E is down. |
| Level 6 | Zed | Zed: Youmuu's lethality bursts Fizz before he scales. |
| First item | Zed | Zed: mid game Zed's roam and tempo stay ahead. |
| Two+ items | Fizz | Fizz: full build E dodges Death Mark and his burst deletes Zed. |
Zed is favored levels 1-5. Fizz is a weak melee laner early and must walk up to last-hit, letting Zed freely poke him with Q shuriken and zone him off farm. Zed should punish every step forward before Fizz has the tools to fight back.
The full Zed vs Fizz 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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