Can we please do something about Zed?

He's honestly overtuned right now, the itemization contributing to that. For example,

I pick Syndra. I have a good feeling about this game, but realize Zed isn't banned. The first enemy player instalocks Zed. Alright, let me just change my entire playstyle in order to have a chance against the oppressive assassin. I switch my runes and take exhaust. Once in game, everything is going well. I'm managing to harass him with my ranged attacks, but he, of course, can trade with his own ranged attacks. Alright, so an assassin with the poke of a mage. I go back and have enough for armguard, boots and a potion.

I go back into lane, and Zed already has Hexdrinker, which negates my ultimate. Not only this, but I can use a mere six or seven Dark Orbs and I'm out of mana - while Zed has essentially limitless shurikens. No problem, I'll just play it safe. Okay, well Zed has me constantly pushed up against my turret. I can't push, because I run out of mana too quickly to just spam spells. I can't kill him, because I didn't take ignite and he has Hexdrinker. Perhaps I could kill him if he was easier to gank.

He has two finished items by the mid game, and I have finally finished my overpriced Zhonya's, which is essentially the only item that truly counters Zed. I have yet to reach my power strike and am underfed. At this point though, I finally might be able to counter Zed with Zhonya's! Wait - never mind, my team decided to surrender. At least I got Zhonya's.

He's too oppressive - and has little to no counter. Duskblade isn't even that massive of a issue. It is pretty strong, but Zed's early game is what is so oppressive. It basically delays a mage's powerspike until it's too late to recover.

Proposed nerfs,

• Re-Add the one second delay on reactivating his ultimate's teleport.
• Nerf Hexdrinker/Maw of Malmortius.
• Give adjustments to his push capabilities.

Now of course I wouldn't want him to be gutted, but at least one or two of these need to happen in order to actually bring him to a more balanced state. If nerfing Zed isn't an option (which by the way, he has a decently high win-rate at 53%) then maybe buffing some items is. Hopefully another Mage armor item can be introduced, along with a potential cost reduction on Zhonya's Hourglass.

I don't know. Just make him less oppressive.