Why i dislike the Zed changes
Hey, im a diamond 1 midlaner, and one of my favorite champions has and will always be Zed, i love his character his playstyle and his kit. Now, im aware that a lot of people dislike him due to his agressive laning and this discussion will probably get downvoted, but i thought i would make it anyway.
Im afraid Zed will be in a quite bad spot right now due to a lot of the recent changes, here is why:
1: Items
Literally all Zed's main items were nerfed or changes in a way that does not benefit Zed:
Maw had its lethality removed. This used to be his most important item together with Youmuus duskblade, and is weaker since it lost its lethality, its not horrible but not as good as it was previously.
Duskblade no longer has synergy with his ultimate, its probably still a quite decent item, but not as strong as previously. The thing that annoys me is that Zed's ultimate was nerfed due to the synergy, this nerf has yet to be reverted as far as i know.
Youmuus lost its attackspeed making Zed's splitpush and dueling weaker, still a decent item but its a nerf nonetheless.
2: W/R change
At first i was excited to see the change as it would seem healthy but after seeing it in action and looking at the numbers its actually a very bad change. Usually you will be facing a mage midlane, which wont give you much ad if you manage to kill them, probably like 8 ad. In order to get the bonus you usually have to kill the adc, the problem is that most adc's rush attackspeed and crit giving you a very small bonus. Even if the adc went full AD the bonus you would get is still a nerf due to the percentage being smaller. Zed's W is the last ability you max so the bonus ad was rarely a problem previously now you will only get half of the amount.
To sum it up, ALL Zed's main items have been nerfed/changes, he only gets half of the bonus ad and it does nothing in lane. Last i checked, which was shortly before the update Zed had a winrate of roughly 48% which is fine considering he is a high skillcap champion. I think most people disliked him due to him being considered OP for a patch or two. Despite your hatred for Zed i hope you can see what im getting at here.
Anyway, let me know what you think :)