What Should I Do To Deal With Zed??
Hey everyone, Sciraen here.
I had my first ranked game yesterday, and I had the joy of laning against a Gold V Zed. I am unranked. It was during this matchup I really began to see the problem(s) with Zed. We had been even for a good part of the game, at one point I was even ahead. However, Talon uses mana. Zed does not. This not only gave him better sustain and the ability to recall less, but also allowed him to slowly close the gap between us. I had been ahead in levels and cs earlier, but as time went on, he slowly surpassed me. We had good duels, and I nearly killed him, and he somehow made it out with 40ish health. Then he bought Youmuu's. Upon buying Youmuu's, he killed me, recalled with 100 health, then teleported back to lane, roamed, killed the top laner, then got a double kill bot lane.
He then snowballed, and by the end of the game I was 0/6/2. I had checked his match history; Zed wasn't his main. He was average with Zed, yet he could overpower me with Talon, and I have been maining Talon since level 8. The fact that he was Gold V probably had something to do with it, but the fact that we were neck and neck early game goes to show that it wasn't just rank.
This is not just a rant; I came here to ask a question. How am I supposed to deal with Zed? Zhonya's doesn't work well with Talon, QSS doesn't work, Cleanse doesn't work, I'm kinda bad at Kayle, and his ult makes him momentarily invulnerable, and, after he deletes the champion he ulted on, he can press ult again to escape. His passive allows him to last hit well, even without items, and once he gets items, well...