@Riot, A few thoughts on Zed here.

Now hear me out for a moment, would ya?

As we all propably know by know, will no longer remove debuffs. I'm not going to argue the fact that Zed will need some nerfs. Riot knows this, Zed players know it, even Redmercy agrees on this.

I personally think the QSS change is a good change, it allows Riot to balance champions like Zed, Trundle, Fiora etc. etc.

In this thread, I basically want to discuss with you guys what would be the best way to balance this out, and I would like to give you guys my 10 cents on it. Now the QSS change is an indirect buff to Zeds lategame. Not his early game. In my eyes, the frustrating thing about Zed is not the fact that he is able to kill people. He should be able to, its his job. Nor is it the fact that he has such an easy way to get out of the fight alive (Don't get me wrong, this is pretty frustrating but not the main issue)

The thing that is the most abnoxious about Zed is his early game harrass. Yeah his harass is also his escape and what not, but this is the thing that frustrates people the most, or seems to be

Now how could we reduce Zeds harass without killing his all-in? (C'mon folks, he's an assassin, let's be fair for both sides) I'm not gonna say, lower the base damage on X ability or the ratio on Y ability, I don't play Zed and as a toplane main I don't get to play VS him a lot either. So I would like to suggest a change that affects the way his abilities work, not his numbers. Changing his numbers is something I'll leave to Riots balance team. First off, let me quote this from Zeds Q tooltip:

> Active shadows also throw a shuriken in the direction of the target point. Additional shurikens striking the same enemy only deal 50% damage but restore energy.

Now what if the Shurikans coming from his shadows deal half damage, but hitting additional shurikens on the same target makes them deal full damage? (with potential number changes if required) This would lower his poke combo, but in a well played all in his damage should stay basically the same (Unless number adjustments happen ofcourse)