Zed Q animation is so big, it ccs himself for quite awhile. It almost isn't even worth throwing Q. Worse yet it pushes the wave, moreso if he has a shadow up.
He's a midlaner and an assassin, it's hardly a bad thing if the q is a good source of waveclear, that's one of the aspects a good midlaner has: a good source of waveclear. What's more the Q animation isn't that long, u just need to get better at landing skillshots as it is a good source of poke and when used with the other abilities should result in a kill if u land it.
The Q has so many downsides that it is hardly worth using at all
How about you list more of the downsides.
any player can kill him every time np if played correctly.
So a well balanced champion shouldnt be able to be killed if the opponent play correctly? And it's not as if Zed himself doesnt have tremendous kill pressure, he's an assassin. Push the wave and roam to another lane, hell if u get a gank u should be able to kill ur lane opponent, but if not just push and roam. You urself said that the q pushes the wave... how about you use that to ur advantage, especially since Zed is an assassin