Aside from QSS and Zhonya's, Zed has no counterplay.

Silverclaw·Dec 19, 2014·9 votes·3,029 views

While you could technically tag Zed with CC, that's IMPOSSIBLE due to how many shadows and how much juke potential he has.

Riot, please.

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67chromeDec 19, 20146 votes

While you could technically tag Zed with CC, that's IMPOSSIBLE due to how many shadows and how much juke potential he has.

Those shadow's aren't like Shaco's where they can potentially trick you, preeetty obvious which ones aren't Zed.

Also - counter-play is basically decisions available to the player (besides don't get within a screen length of that guy).

Seeing as Zed's ultimate gives a lot of time to react, you've got a ton of options to deal with him. You 100% have the opportunity to use any defensive buff/ability before Zed hits you with his ultimate. Barrier, Heal, Exhaust isn't that hard to time properly. Not to mention Zed's melee, which gives a considerable amount of control over his positioning every time he thinks about going in (and you can do Thresh plays to get him in a really bad position mid-ult).

Finally: Mercurial Scimitar, Mekail's Crucible, Banshee's Veil, and Guardian Angel are just as solid against his ultimate as QSS and Hourglass, so narrowing it down to 2 items isn't even true.

SouL1essDec 19, 20145 votes

Guardian Angel is less effective against Zed since he actually has potential to kill you again after you revive, in addition to teleporting instantly back to safety after he knows that you will need to use your Guardian Angel passive.

Mikael's Crucible doesn't remove Death Mark nor Suppression for that matter.

Mercurial Scimitar is QSS with top-tier AD..really the same thing.

Regardless, Zed does have counterplay options available and his kill routine is much more telegraphed than other assassins - despite that he has counterplay options available he is still powerful through being able to farm almost effortlessly and he is a safe pick in many scenarios at mid lane.

It Is I EmotoDec 19, 20141 votes

You know, there aren't many mages who can buff themselfs, I know that Nid has a heal, but if you're playing immobile mages, who rely on hitting their cc, they have only zhonyas to get into safety. I usually play leblanc against zed, and if he death marks me, I just try to jump as fast as possible away from him, though he has extreme damage output, thanks being ad, and his w/r allow him to juke pretty well too.

about mekails: do you build it as mage? it gives not needed stats against an ad assasin. It does not remove death mark

Banshees: It has a visual effect, so zed will try to pop it before he'll ult into you, so it's also quite ineffective.

GA: like the person before me said, Zed has burst potential, and it wouldn't take him long to burst you down too, after you're revived with 40% health..

Silences did work really well against him, but wich champs do have it now? Like, malz, cho, and garen are the only champs with silences so far

Kuroi86Dec 19, 20143 votes

QSS, Zhonya's, Exhaust, Stun, Fear, Silence, Flash (If he already burned his other shadow), Displacement CC (namely knock back), or if you're certain champs, just blow him up.

Sailor MintDec 19, 20142 votes

Exhaust.
Any form of hard CC.
Moving away from him and his shadows (Roots and movement abilities).

OnanThaManDec 19, 20142 votes

Well when you say they have no counterplay except these things, then yes there is no counter play. Like vayne has no counter play excluding all those who out range her/ out damage her early game.

And Besides even without Zhonya's and Qss there is Kayle Malzahar Sivir Lissandra item 3026 , and various forms of cc not listed.