and that MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, some of the nerfs were unwarranted?
He was never crazy out-performing other mid laners nor assassins prior to his nerfs in patch 5.2. He was doing well, just well, but because he was a popular assassin he received tons of hate. I cringe waaaaay harder when I see my enemy pick katarina, fizz, leblanc, yi, and talon over a zed pick.
And a slight buff won't change that either ;)
SEKAI3 votesSo Zed is now an average champ like your everyday man, but oh no he needs to be top tier or otherwise he's UP!!!1!1!!
IcyPepper1 votesI dunno. I think he's in an okay spot, maybe a bit on the weaker side, but he had his limelight.
I mean, look at Sejuani, she got the worse end of the stick. Super OP on cinderhulk release, then hospitalized after several direct and indirect nerfs. Zed doesn't have anything on her.
TyroneWatermelon1 votesNope. He should be nerfed more
1000angrybees1 votesHardly unwarranted. Besides, complaining about his ult delay nerf (which was even partially reverted) only suggests that people feel as if he's entitled to the right to get in and get out with no risk attached to it. That's not how an assassin works.
Chuck Charles1 votesZed is still strong, he can still blow you up. i have a friend right now who streams, is master tier, and exclusively is playing zed to reach masters again on his smurf. he can still take over games with the right builds and set up for a late game carry.
the reason people think he falls off is because they build him entirely for his early game power with just bork into ghostblade > lw and then go into regular items or defensive items after that. not to mention zed like any assassin with a delayed damage source that can be cleansed will be counterable by a lot of things. there are tons of champs who counter his ultimate, (kayle, zilean, tryndamere, kindred) and you can also buy items (zhonyas, QSS). So you gotta build him to actually deal insane dps late game. my bud has been going standard zed (bork ghostblade start) into Infinity Edge/triforce(or PD depending on game) and it works really well. he also brings exhaust so they have to choose whether to cleanse his ult or the ensuing exhaust. it leaves Zed relevant late game.
Zed is still a good pick imo and in a very healthy state. if you buff him, he will become oppressive in lane and just instantly delete people with little to no counterplay. keep in mind that zed is so strong, that you have no choice but to counterbuild against him or risk him destroying you. If you are a mage and you don't build armguard one slip up means death. and that is STILL the case. look at faker vs febiven in this year's MSI.
TLDR= zed is great still, just not favored in current meta.
Lugg1 votesZed was finally balanced and Riot reverted some of the last nerf, thus making him once again OP.
Honestly, if you don't think Zed is OP, you have never faced a good Zed player.
