Now I am a Zed "Main", but it seems like people are asserting him to be WAY more powerful then he is. He hasn't been played once in Pro play in a VERY long time. And his overall stats seem kinda shit, (46% win rate).
Yeah he's annoying as fuck, but even if I was an Adc main the guy doesn't really seem ban worthy anymore. Anyone else ?
EndlessSorcerer5 votesI just find him annoying to deal with and he tends to be rather popular (especially after his Championship skin was released).
That said, I pretty much always have higher priority bans.
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesYea he's annoying but I don't really think he's even worthy of a ban, as most people do horrendously bad on him, your also much likelier to win if you go a safe mage like Syndra, Cass, or Viktor.
EndlessSorcerer1 votesI don't have issues facing him per-say since I opt towards safe mages (i.e. Lux) in the mid-lane anyways.
Hell, I even have a specific set-up to make myself as annoying as possible to him:
I just don't really find the lane that fun nor do I trust my bottom lane to not feed him kills (no matter how many wards are placed or how often I ping MIA and Danger).
Catastrop1 votesnor do I trust my bottom lane to not feed him kills
Oh my god, this, so much this.
Astôlfo2 votesPeople will always whine. Also he's just annoying to play against. And people have PTSD from when he was decent/good/played a ton.
Ruin Lance1 voteshe is overrated and definitely not good outside of early game. his laning phase is as cancerous as ever but he's pretty useless outside of it. the only thing he can really do is kill a carry with no armor and be done, with the occasional w poke.
TehNACHO1 votesPeople tend to fight with their emotions rather than with logic, especially on the Boards. It doesn't matter how weak Zed is, as long as people think he's annoying, they will hate him.
awdaf1 votesKeep overrating him, so he won't be banned/picked, and I can play him all the time. :)
Meep Man1 votesHopefully the Zed changes in the Preseason will do him justice
Violet Raven1 votesAnd his overall stats seem kinda shit, (46% win rate).
Zed is a complex champion, when you have tons of terrible/new players trying zed, theyre gonna skew his winrate pretty sharply towards the bottom. Anyone capable of playing Zed will have a much better time
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesZed isn't a very complex champion, you just throw Q's in lane constantly and then go all in at the right time. Doing all the fancy shit doesn't really get you anywhere and your better off going for smart safe picks.
Granted I do have a 70% win rate on him but thats after having played him over 700 times since his release.
Nameless Voice1 votesI'm one of those strange players who likes to have fun while playing ranked.
Champions like Zed often make me not have fun even when I win, and when I'm not having fun I also tend to play worse myself because I am annoyed.
Two good reasons to ban him.
Risk of Fate1 votesThis is just me, but when I used to ban Zed it was when he was really good at one thing: murdering our ADC which, in Bronze, means basically instant loss if the enemy got him no matter how good of a player I was unless I kept on top of his roams. He's very binary in his methods and is good at that single thing. Sure, when he's ahead he can murder squishies left and right, but his early game is trash against any counter-burst champion like LeBlanc, Annie, or Ahri which then becomes a pure skill matchup.
However, I think what annoyed me with him was the constant Zed mains who just spam laugh and taunt until I shoved their face in the dirt. Because he got a Championship skin, I'm being unfun and he's going to be on my permaban list. Don't care if he's on my team or if the enemy is thinking of picking, be a jerk elsewhere.
Also, I'm not saying every Zed main is like this, probably about 80% or so.
Truly Prideful1 votesI just banned him because he's not fun to play against. I'm glad he's less popular now, I can use my ban on something else.
Sohleks1 votesZeds pretty bad
Akali is SO HOT1 votesZed is garbage tier right now people just don't like him.