Potential Zed Nerfs

Blast Shield·May 17, 2016·7 votes·1,023 views

With the changes to QSS, Zed's ult can't be cleansed and this a problem for many squishy AD champs. AP champs have it a little better, with the option of Zhonya's, however there is almost no counter play to Zed's Death Mark anymore. I understand that CC'ing Zed as soon as he comes out of ult is an option, and targeting him in team fights works as well, however there is always a lack of communication in low elo or solo queue. As of right now, Zed's ult, at max rank, does 100% of his attack damage and 45% of damage dealt. I think a good way of balancing out the changes to QSS would be to remove, or tone down the % of base damage Death Mark does from Zed's AD. In return, the damage stored could be increased to 50% or 55%. This allows for a good Zed to still delete a squishy by hitting his Q and E, but it inhibits a "not so good" Zed from getting free damage from just ulting.

3 Comments

SaiannaMay 17, 20161 votes

80% of thread is telling us something we already know

then 20% about your idea.

Which is [IMO] rather not too good. This "free damage" is/should be totally fine with everyone. Thanks to this newbie Zeds can still play and kill stuff, while PROs kill stuff before ultimate Zeds R animation ends, so they don't even use that free damage

So in short, your idea favours skilled Zeds over unskilled Zeds, which doesn't help making Zed as a champion slightly more healthier..

Blast ShieldMay 18, 20161 votes

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80% of thread is telling us something we already know

then 20% about your idea.

Which is [IMO] rather not too good. This "free damage" is/should be totally fine with everyone. Thanks to this newbie Zeds can still play and kill stuff, while PROs kill stuff before ultimate Zeds R animation ends, so they don't even use that free damage

So in short, your idea favours skilled Zeds over unskilled Zeds, which doesn't help making Zed as a champion slightly more healthier..

The champ has a high skill cap; it should favor high skilled players... the whole point of Zed is high risk, high reward.

SwiftKitten88May 18, 20161 votes

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The champ has a high skill cap; it should favor high skilled players... the whole point of Zed is high risk, high reward.

no the whole point of zed is ZERO risk high reward

does zed take a insane about of skill? yes he does but compares to other champs that take a similar amount of skill such as nidalee the amount of risk nidalee has compared to zed is almost off that charts

they are BOTH VERY strong in the hands a a good player

they have both bursty mobile assasins

except nidalee HAS and insane about of counterplay and risk, and zed doesn't.

you commit to kill on nidalee? you better land that skillshot, and then if it safe your pouncing in.. and UNLESS you get that kill, pounce isn't going to reset to let you escape and your dead. so you better be dead sure your going to get the kill, or your just going to just end up dead kitty

you commit to a kill on zed,, press "R" ? you mess up? you just go back to your shadow.. you wasted some energy, but no harm no fowl