It isn't rude mate. Let me use a real life example. If you keep complaining that money is hard to come by and you don't work, how do you expect to get money? Same with this one. If you keep complaining that Zed is OP without actually playing him extensively, then how do you expect to know his weaknesses? Stop finding insults where there are none.
He is not balanced. Oh, don't say the whole Zhonya/QSS thing. We AP champions, if poked out of farm by him, rarely get that item early game because of the cost increased. It's about mid game until we get the full item, and even then if we sacrifice early game power for a QSS that offers no useful stats against him besides the active, we have no damage to turn on him. He can still kill us easily at level 6 with a Seekers providing we were able to get it by then and easier if we don't have it, and when we Zhonya, he can just wait it out, Q combo and bam dead anyway.
He's balanced. Mate, why is an AP champ buying QSS? It's not even smart. How can you say you'll get Zhonyas mid game? Is it that you can't farm or roam? Zed can't do things he normally would do when you have Zhonyas, like dive or Focus you in teamfights. This reduces his assassination potential because he now has to focus the least tankiest person out of the tanks. Also, saying that Zed can outpoke a mage is pure, excuse my french, BS. Zed's so-called "Poke" is hinged on an ability that has over 10 seconds CD which means for 10 seconds, he's vulnerable to poke, he can't all-in you except he uses flash (which is hyper risky) and he's also vulnerable to gank. Also, if you push to Zed's tower, then you are doing it wrong. Freeze the lane and don't try to poke him while losing farm. Wait for his W to be on CD, then poke him.
Zed can easily take out a 1/4 of your health with one poke combo, then if he hits you again you're under half health. Prior to contrary belief his poke is hard to dodge, and standing between minions makes it hard to try to farm while he hits you. Also it's very frustrating if you are staying in lane to farm but being harrassed the whole time, then at level 6, if you are low and try to back, he just ults you under turret and gets away even if you CC him.
1/4? Try 1/2 with LB QW which has a lower CD than Zed's poke. Try 1/2 with Lux's Q>E>AA combo. And don't even get me started with Malz. Fun fact: Do you know that Zed's Q does reduced dmg when it passes through minions? Well now you know. It's also VERY easy to dodge. Why? Because most mage spells have high range so you don't even need to stand close to your minions to farm. Also, never stand still in lane except you want to bait his W. If you don't and you get hit, that's entirely your fault. Why stay close to turret when you B? Any champ can dive when you are low. Annie does it, Malz does it, Talon does it, etc. That's your fault again. Also that last part is a lie. A well time morgana Q will leave Zed under the turret long enough to eat enough shots. You just have to practice.
Not all people who complain about him are bad against him. Stop assuming that we all suck and are as salty as
. I can handle Zed, but sometimes I can't. Sometimes they make stupid absurd plays and get out with less than a 100 health while I'm in a death timer. I used to be able to 1 v 1 him with my favorite mid laners like Diana and Zyra. Now it's hard to deal with him even with Diana, who's classified as a counter to him.
And don't even dare trying to put my rank into your argument. We all have valuable opinions even if we are in a rank below you.
Who says? I used to complain about Malz because he countered Zed so hard until I learnt from Youtube how to play against him. Since then I've never complained about any champ. Instead I just mention their high dmg but never complain. I'm not assuming you suck but most of the people making arguments don't even have up to 50 ranked games with him. I mean how do you expect me to take you seriously when you haven't even extensively played the champ you are complaining about? It's just like an architect complaining about oil prices when he doesn't even know what caused them to drop. I'm not saying I have a 100% winrate against Zed. Some times I lose and that's because I got outplayed, greedy or underestimated my opponent. But I learn from my mistakes and move on instead of complaining. Diana counters Zed hard, I can say that for sure but if you get Merc threads + Maw + Sterak's Gage (You need this to survive the burst), then you are K. Just pray she doesn't get fed from your teammates. I never bring rank into arguments. I personally hate when people do that. Heck, I use my level 19 acc to make sure rank never comes up. So no need to worry about that.