Reason why Zed is a Healthy Assassin compared to Talon/Leblanc etc.
Zed CONS
- He takes time to kill you allowing you to react to what he does, not like Talon who can kill in less then a second wtih almost no retaliation. -Gated by rather long CD on his ult, which is preety and almost the only he ever gets a kill on his own. As he's extremlly reliant on it to kill someone. where as other assasins like Talon/Leblanc/Akali, ults are significantly lower cds though slightly weaker. -Can not continously stay in a fight, when he ults he's done for the rest of it, might as well not be there after he goes in and finishes his combo. -Zhonya's make it almost IMPOSSIBLE to kill anyone who has it, QSS almost does that but still can kill someone if they do have it. -Very Squishy -Most difficult out of all the assassins and he's not point in click. -Reliant on landing his skills, since his main damage is from his Q, which is a skill shot. -No CC, except his E which must be combo with his W, which the slow isn't very good anyways as its only 1.5seconds.
Zeds PROS -Rather safe and good laning phase -Decent split pushing, although the recent changes to his attack speed, lowered the power if it by decent amount -Good wave clear, but sacrifices his entire combo (Excluding his ult) to do so. -Relatively safe tower diving due to his ult depending on where he cast it. -Good poke, only if the enemy doesn't stand behind minons. Which its reduced by 60% if they do. -Good Gap Closer -Good mobility
Talon CONS -Doesn't have a very good laning phase. -No escape unless he uses his ult, which is on a short cooldown compared to most other ults (55 seconds rank maxed) Though usually around 44 late game since talon tends to build a bit of CD. -Must fully commit to get a kill -No reliable escape in a teamfight as he uses his ult almost 100% of the time when he goes in. -Gated by MANA
Talon PROS -Can instantly kill in 1 second, giving the other person almost no retaliation if they dont see him ult since he can go invisible. -Easily escape from almost any situation, granted he has ult, which most of the time he does since its a relatively low CD. -Good wave clear due to his W. -Very good gapcloser on -Not very difficult to learn, as he tends to be point in click, since he has no real skill shot (His W doesn't really count). -Can do huge AOE damage to entire team due to his ult if used correctly. -Decent CC, with his W, as it procs twice for 2 seconds if it comes back on the person (Almost 100% of the time it does), also has a 99% slow though almost doesn't matter since its only .25 seconds. May as well be an extremly short stun. -Good split pushing due to his Q working on towers. -Has a huge AOE damage on a team due to his R. (Can potentially hit an entire team twice with it, in certain situations) -His Q can reset your AA's -Has a bleed, which is awesome for those times when people escape with 50 health ;-;. -1 shots someone with just his Q if he crits with infinity cause yolo ;)
Leblanc CONS -Falls off late game -Must almost 100% of the time win lane to do anything for the rest of the game, though its not very hard to win lane with leblanc. -SUPER squishy -No sustained damage NOTE: I don't play leblanc that often so the CONS may be lacking a few -A bit difficult to use her combo, with R in correct order
Leblanc PROS -Massive lanebully -Almost 100% of the time wins lane, due to her being very good at bullying -Instantaneous burst -HUGGGGGE mobility -Has 4 escapes as her W, can go back and fourth between use. And she can ULT for another W, on a short CD for an ult. -Good lock downs if she lands her E
See now compare Zed to Talon and Leblanc. The point of an Assassin is to get in and out of kill. But people don't really like the concept of having ZERO retaliation against them like Talon and Leblanc. Those both provide the annoying of being able to CONSTANTLY kill you every time they see you as they aren't as gated by there ults as Zed is. Though both use mana, they both are basically point and click assassins, where as Zed must have very good positioning of his Shadows. Though Zed does have a very good escape, both talon and leblanc due to. As Leblanc can jsut W which she can go back and fourth with to juke people. Talon can just ult and get out, though his is escapes are a bit more limited. Both Zed and Talon have good wave clear and split pushing, both leblanc and Zed can be very good at lane bullying, though leblanc can do it much more in a shorter amount of time then Zed. Zed is mostly just a Q every 8 seconds, which can easily be ignored if stood behind minons reducing it by 60%. Leblanc can just q w you and your probably at half health. Talon sometimes, can W you for poke, though its much shorter range versus Leblanc and Zed.
So don't keep giving me that bull that Zed isn't a healthy assassin, theres others that have just as good of strengths that he has, though this is only 2 examples as i didn't think everyone would read ALL of the examples. Talon and Leblanc in terms of being a Assassin are MUCH more unhealthy compared to Talon due to them giving you almost no retaliation. Thats why Zed is a healthy Assassin and is why Riot won't nerf him very much if at all. As he has his strengths and weekness's and none of them are to oppressive or annoying if compared to others such as Talon and Leblanc.
