To fix Mages mid vs oppressive AD champions, Nerf their Magic resist or remove them per level and...
this abomination.
Seriously, if a mage trades with them, the trades should be even, not "durr durr irelia jumped on me", there goes 70% of my hp and 40% of my mana trying to trade back while she takes 20% damage thanks to her damage reduction.
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or yasuo as a example. as far as im concerned he is not a melee champion due to this range difference but this isnt a QQ post on Zed i havent seen him in my games recently my hate target marker is currently is on akali due to overloaded damage yet can be safe and strong regardless of enemy skill. the only way to counter that is heavy AOE attacks that covers shroud or 5 v 1 assuming that isnt too fed that she dies she can literally 5v1 due to the safety of their skill set and escape on her whim if things look bad.