Just played a game where Zed was 1/1/0, 33 cs, level 6, and he did 930 damage in .9 seconds to me, under my tower, and blinked away before taking any damage... By 12 minutes, he had ulted 6 times... I'm not familiar with the champ, but is this normal? IDK if Zed is op, or if he was a smurf, or what, but this just seemed ridiculous to me. How do I play around this, besides permabanning him?
That's kinda just Zed being the bitch of a champ he is, one of my fav mid laners as well! What i've found is he is punishable before 6 as long as you can dodge his Q's. ◙ When his Living shadow(W) is down, that is one of the best times to poke him, as he won't be able to counter to for another 15 seconds or so. ◙ Stay behind minions as Q will do more damage to the 1st thing it hits ◙ His ult can make him un-targetable, so don't try and burn a burst ult like Syndra's/Veigar's before he ults ◙ Pay attention to his shadows!!! He can blink to them ONCE, if he uses a W and doesn't reactivate, don't be by it ◙ Before any CDR/Skill ranks, his W will allow zed 1 Q and 2 E's. If zed W-E's, don't get hit by the 1st spin, but he can use that spin AGAIN a second time before the shadow goes away ◙ If your playing an AP champ, Rush the Zhonaya's or at LEAST the Seeker's!!! As an AD Mid laner, Well, you got Ninja's you can try and use ◙ Zed will start a burst combo with W then Ults, so right as he gets out he can try for the triple E and Q, if you have flash up, that will trick some zeds up A LOT! So as he ults in, flash as he comes out of it ◙ Some champs like Fizz can avoid the Death Mark if they have an invulnerability skill. Same with zhonaya's, us it before the death mark can be put on you ◙ Dark mark will pop doing the SAME amount of damage he did before the mark pops. ◙ If Zed ults you and you see a shuriken over your head, it will pop and kill you
Hope this helps!
Take stopwatch. Build zhonyas first 100% of the time if youre a mage. Zhonyas the ult and he cant get the pop damage since youre immune for the duration of the ult window. Rush the seekers armguard first.
Sounds like you might be semi-new to the game, so this is like... rule 2 next to dont chase singed. If you are laning against zed and playing an ap champ, build zhonyas first. 100% of the time.
Edit: Take exhaust as a backup safety if Zhonyas is on cooldown. Exhaust right when he drops from ult and youll likely live. Remember your goal is to get to mid-late game to teamfight which he cannot do if he hasnt snowballed. While the laning is frustrating keep that goal in mind, it'll help your mental.
What are you banning, playing mid? Zed should be your first choice.
Your gonna want to start playing champions who can handle him solo like Vladimir/Swain/Fizz/Talon.
But read the first comment that should help you.
Who are you playing?
Thanks for the responses. I was playing Taliyah.
permaban, hes like insanely broken rn
