QSS nerfs and Zed ban rate and why I am salty about that. (Accidentally posted in wrong section, fi)

IlluminatiIsLife··2 votes·978 views

Let's begin with the changes, qss used to negate debuffs and Zed's ult counts as one, so riot changed the item to remove only crowd control effects (Stuns, Slows, Fears, Silences etc...) because they didn't want an item to disable a champions ability. Riot, wtf? I've been playing for a half a year and I knew zed will be perma banned after that change why did riot not expect that, so now its or they reverse the changes or nerf zed to the ground, which is stupid and useless trouble. Zed was in a fair position, not too strong thanks to the items that provide counterplay and not too week due to good and fair base damages on his basic abilities. Take a look at the ban rate before, and after the patch: 6.8: 54.3%, 6.9: 82.0%. Does this look OK? And how did the community expect that and warned riot but the changes still went live. I've been a zed main for a few months and I learn so much more every few games.. He is in my opinion the most fun and rewarding IF played correctly and mastered. Why riot.. Just why? Even as a zed main I loved qss because it's simply a fair and high skill cap item! Why change the balance it created? Anyways, that was my little rant and let me know what you think about this whole situation.

6 Comments

StickyOctopi1 votes

It's going to get higher, probably closing in on 100. I know I'm banning it.

IlluminatiIsLife1 votes

Yea I know, that's why I'm mad.. But I don't judge anyone for banning him of course, he's absolutely busted atm

Electric Buyers1 votes

A couple of things to note here.

As of a month earlier, (The patch has only been live for a couple of days) Mercurial Scimitar and QSS were not even in the top 15 most built items in the game. Now granted, Zed was one of the most banned champions, this change shouldn't really change his ban rate. Think about it logically. If you are an ADC who is fed, you don't really my QSS or MS until late assuming you even need it to begin with. Most of the time MS is bought is because of a large ammount of CC on the other team. People keep acting like they rushed QSS so they could cleanse Tahm Kench stacks or something. If I needed a defense item against a heavy CC team as an ADC, I would rather build something like BV anyway, it blocks any ability once, and provides some nice tanky stats for surviving longer. And lets be honest here, if the Zed is fed, then your QSS isn't going to help you anyway. Yes, Zed has gotten stronger, but not in the sense that people think, simply because of the type of champion he is.

Just my two cents.

IlluminatiIsLife1 votes

When i think about it.. You're right, if only enough people would've seen this comment so they stop banning zed ):

Electric Buyers1 votes

Oh no no no, I am still banning Zed like crazy, but it's because his strengths are really consistent. It is difficult to take advantage of his weakness and his laning is really healthy. Not because QSS NERF WAAAHHHH!!!

Truly Prideful1 votes

I'll be honest, I'll always ban Zed as long as he plays like he does. Most people don't seem to understand how to lane against him and just feed him, god is he annoying when fed. I don't know if he's actually overpowered at all, I just think he's extremely annoying to deal with.

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