He isnt necessarily weak in any part of the game, kinda like how most assassins *cough * Akali cough do nothing but farm until 6. He just gets stronger. I dont think he should get nerfed but it is annoying that he doesnt have a weakness early or late
Critmaster Garen2 votesmost people hate him because they cant be bothered to read his tooltips.
Nahui1 votesI find that his early-mid game is fairly weak actually. This is like around level 6-8 where he is able to duel fairly effectively, but not so good at team fighting which is beginning around here. He can do decent damage but he's still pretty squishy and gets blown up in fights unless he plays clean up or someone pulls off a great malph ult.
Succubús GF1 votesYeah, but I was specifically speaking of lv 1 duels. In mid lane, anyway. He can manage to get in your face and hurt you a lot, if you are say akali or kat (Makes sense why he somewhat counters them, right?) I dont think i agree with his u lt automatically proccing shield tho, I may be misinformed but I think it auto procs off that
Nahui1 votesYeah, but I was specifically speaking of lv 1 duels. In mid lane, anyway. He can manage to get in your face and hurt you a lot, if you are say akali or kat (Makes sense why he somewhat counters them, right?) I dont think i agree with his ult automatically proccing shield tho, I may be misinformed but I think it auto procs off that
I mean, some champion are designed for 1v1. Kha'zix never has a weak point in 1v1. Zed really has no weak point in 1v1, even pre-six he still has a great kit for it. Same for Fiora. Some champions were designed as duelists, and aren't meant to have weak points in dueling in certain stages of the game. The weakpoints come in other ways, such as team fighting for Zed, or the mid-late game for Yas, or team fights for Kha'Zix.
WitchQueen Annie1 votesZed has tons of weaknesses 1 vs 1.
His 1-3 laning is so bad against any competent ranged attack opponent that he'll lose most/all of his potions right there before he even gets his full combo.
His laning is nowhere near as strong as it is commonly believed. He relies on his WEQ combo which is not the hardest thing to dodge. Every time he misses, you have a 20+ second window to punish him because his combo is down (if he just Qs it does next to no damage so long as its minion blocked). Also, keep in mind that psychologically you have an advantage over Zed in laning. You don't have to kill him, you'll simply have more utility than him late game. He on the other hand, MUST snowball or become useless. This can lead to a lot of stupid plays from him.
Late game he has a ton of damage but because he's skill shot based and generally has to get up close to score kills, he has the potential to mess up at any point in the game and is under ridiculous amounts of pressure. Not to mention all of the counter-itemization options available (kiting while taking Bloodthirster, Zhonyas on AP Mages, GA on ADCs etc).
Simply having a Support like Zilean or Taric is almost by itself enough to make his late game teamfighting capability irrelevant.
Nahui1 votesZed has weaknesses, but in dueling, he tends to be unrivaled except by other duelists. Just like Yas, Fiora, etc. I'm not talking about team fights or anything, I'm talking straight 1v1. I main Zed, I'd know what he is trust me. And he is great at 1v1s. The point here being is that Yasuo isn't designed to have a poor 1v1 scenario because he's a duelist. OP was saying that it isn't fair that Yas never has a "Weak point" which is untrue, however he was referring to a weak point in dueling, which most duelists do not ever have. Just like Soraka never has a weak healing point, Leona never has a weak CCing point. Their kits are built to consistently perform in their field of expertise, but they fall off in areas their kits aren't built for, such as Zed in team fights vs a Taric or Zilean.
DunkinNoobs1 votesFighters very rarely have a particularly weak point in the game; even champs like Jax can at least trade early game.
Spicy Rice1 votestrade being the operative word. At level 1, yasuo is very susceptible to dying to most mages, especially if he fights you in your minion wave
DunkinNoobs1 votesThere's a reason you don't see the lvl 1 Yasuo all in anymore.