The more I think about Riot calling Zed a "healthy assassin", the more reasons I have to disagree...

5G8Nri0B54·Jan 29, 2015·5 votes·667 views

ENERGY based poking pattern

Many champions do not have the luxury of being manaless. Many others don't have the luxury of long-ranged poke, let alone one that also doubles as a wave-clear. Zed possesses both. Alright, I believe this can exists, but at the same time...

He forces all his AP opponents to rush a single item, Zhonya's. Doesn't matter who they are, you get Zhonya's, or you die.

I don't know about what Riot is thinking. But when I think HEALTHY, one that uses energy is pretty low in my mind, let alone one that forces a single item to be rushed.

4 Comments

Unironic SJWJan 29, 20151 votes

The problem with Zed is that people just assume his assassination pattern is entirely focused around his ult. That's not true at all. He has very, very low cooldowns. E is 4 at all ranks. Q is 6 at all ranks. With just Hydra/Ghostblade or Bork/Ghostblade he has 19% CDR with his normal masteries setup. 10% more if he builds Brutalizer into Cleaver for extra Arpen. The thing about him is that he has a lot of SUSTAINED damage and the mobility to keep him safe in sustained fights. Zed mains try to say "oh just zhonyas his ult" but Q/E still do quite a bit of damage especially with the free bonus damage he gets. Combine that with his safe laning phase (Zed versus nearly anybody with equal skill will win the lane and pick up a few kills and his roam is deadly) and you see why he just isn't healthy.

Ahri was by far the healthiest assassin in the game. Emphasis on WAS.

Cloud273Jan 29, 20151 votes

Riot is delusional. There is no such thing as a healthy assassin.

Azirion SolJan 29, 20151 votes

Revert his 3.13 Deathmark changes, and his all-in becomes "kill or get killed". Maybe increase early Q cooldowns and reduce them per-level

Leti the YetiJan 29, 20151 votes

assassins are both healthy and not Zed is a healthy assassin-ish look at akali and kat who turns kills into pentakills, wtf is that shit however they have their merits that make them healthy as does zed zed's probably not gonna face roll button mash kill 5 people...he can easily do that to 1 or 2 guys ~~unless he has like 500 ad, oh wait he does.. fk~~

assassins are... high risk, high reward apparently ebing able to go in, kill the guy, and get out so where exactly is the risk? yeah did riot ever establish that? this is what assassins MUST DO, if they simply go in and kill someone and blow up themselves thats NOT AN ASSASSIN, THATS JUST A KAMIKAZE which is why zed is a healthy assassin in that sense which really fking sucks, maybe the assassin style just doesnt work in league

I'm cool with assassins entering and exiting fights with ease but I'd appreciate abit more skill and mechanics to kill a guy once you go in... the risk comes from fking up the assassins we got are "hurr durr, I can press a button..."