hit his base defensive stats.
considering his safety and his range, it wouldn't affect him at all.
but it will reward you for getting into his comfortable zone, or punish him severely for misplaying, and makes him think twice, because we can finally fight back.
Sorry but .... Does Zed even have a comfortable zone ? O_o
Near him: u are dead Far from him: u are poked
Got no mana and a very safe escape ..... i see no clear weakness in his kit
Riot: Okay!! we will nerf him like Vayne and Kayle and this will be a BIG impact to him early game and late game.
*Nerf Zed for 3 AD.
Riot: Your welcome.
yeah i wanna see zed as much as I see aatrox, that would be splendid!!!
I'd be fine with this. People want assassins to be high risk, high reward so instead of nerfing his damage lets nerf his defensive stats. The only concern would be that we need to watch for tank Zed builds becoming popular (shudder.)
Out of curiousity I looked up zed and compared him to my favorite energy user shen! Zed's roles: Assassin/ Fighter Hp 1-18 : 579 -- 1939 Armor 1-18: 26.9 -- 86.4 Let's compare this to Shen shall we.. Shen's roles : Tank/FIghter HP 1-18: 540 -- 1781.. Less than level 1 zed and about 150 less than lvl 18 zed Armor 1-18: 25.0 – 69.2.. Less than level 1 zed and almost 20 less than level 18 zed...
WHY Is an assassin tankier through base stats alone than a damn tank?!
With his killing power, ridiculously high base movespeed and incredibly easy escapes, Zed can definitely take a hit in survivability. If he's able to just swap shadows to get out of trouble, there should be a reason he needs it.
Does he need straight nerfs though? His ban rate remains high (because people still think he has a 80% win rate or something), but his actual win rate is 49.7%. His play rate is around 6% (though I have to admit that his ban rate obviously influences that).
So if you nerf his durability, he needs compensation buffs in either damage or utility. Then I'd rather keep him this way.
Zed is squishy as hell anyways, making him squishier won't change much.
