Nerf Zed's Ultimate

JoshTGW·10/13/2019, 5:13:29 PM·5 votes·1,428 views

Zed is a character I've been putting into question for a while, with many agreeing with my statement that his ultimate is the problem. Its easy to see why he gets banned as much as he does, but not nearly as much as Yasuo or Talon. He gets his ultimate ability way too often with how powerful it can be. The ability allows him to strike his opponents without taking any risk or damage and another one of his abilities allows him to easily escape without ever taking a scratch.

With this in mind, I came up with a simple balance change to his ultimate that would make him more reasonable to play around and not as powerful. What Zed's ultimate needs is a longer cool-down and should only be a one time use every such time that has passed. This means even with certain combonations he should not obtain it again within mere seconds. The next part of this change is simple, increase the cool-down by 1.5 - 2 (1:30 - 2:00) minutes. With the combos he can obtain, this should only shorten the cool-down by 1.5 (1:30) minutes keeping a tight leash on that ultimate of his preventing him from using it so often while also somewhat rewarding players for mechanically playing him well.

13 Comments

Kazekiba10/13/2019, 6:18:08 PM2 votes

He doesnt get any extra cd mechanics on his R though?

Nor is Zed regularly banned nor is his R particularly strong. Its the safety in lane from his W. Put a 60/45/30/15/0 energy cost on it and it becomes a little more fair but right now hes AD Azir but easier to play

Zed genius10/13/2019, 7:11:58 PM2 votes

If Zed gets nerfed more, enemy champions with doran's shield will do +5 bonus physical damage to him.

Pool Party Pix10/13/2019, 10:31:37 PM1 votes

Well if you are a mage you can deal with ititem 3157 if not... well you are out of luck ad items are unfortunately not broken.