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Counterplay Rant *Post Your Rage*

aceofthegod·5/23/2017, 4:57:50 AM·2 votes·335 views

This isn't an actual cry for help, or advice on how to properly play against a champion. I just think we can use a post to rant about our least favorite champ to play against and their "counterplay".

For example: Zed

Deep Breath

The fact that the general consensus about Zed is that countering him involves the player in control of him to make a mistake is absolute garbage. Everyone I talk to boils it down to "whenever he gets out of position, do this" or "if he misses his combo, do that" which is sooooo dumb. The fact that a champ is so safe you have to wait for the player to screw up before you have a chance to get a kill, and that the majority of champs who play against him are forced to play defensive, is utter trash. Screw Zed, now and forever.

Sigh of Relief

3 Comments

Rewt5/23/2017, 5:09:26 AM1 votes

Id be fine with zed if they made him have a 1.5 second wait before he could return to Ult shadow so he cant just go "I ulted and he got thresh expressed to his team????? HAHAHAHAHA KEK I CAN JUST PEACE OUT BECAUSE COUNTERPLAY!!!!

LeagueOfJhin5/23/2017, 5:15:25 AM1 votes

Mine ;) Fizz

  1. Lets start with the fact he can build tank and one shot
  2. Lets look on how they are nerfing his W for tank Fizz and giving his E the spell that is his getaway and burst more ap as if he didnt one shot enough
  3. His E is grants invulnerability to dodge my most important spells say your a champion that needs to hit your cc to do damage for example Ahri this fucker will just E it then proceed to chunk you if not kill you.
  4. He has a free bleed.
  5. His W can do **TRIPLE **damage if if you have been bleeding for two seconds
  6. He hits a full range ult at lvl 6 from a bush kiss your ass goodbye
Kimi wa gomidesu5/23/2017, 6:14:37 AM1 votes

Countering Zed isn't about him making a mistake -- from the ad's viewpoint, if you get dove by zed, immediately rush to your tanks before he returns from ult, he then has to take his shadow back or get slapped by your front line. If you're solo, just back pedal and serpentine his shuriken and stay away from his shadows. Build some armor, pop summoner heal to negate ult damage and put distance between you and him if needed.

Most of those ridiculous "I couldn't even respond" 1 shots are because people are not building for the game. They found a mobafire guide that didn't build any armor so they don't build any armor even if the zed is 12/0

I would say the biggest things with no counterplay are ranged point and click stuns/cc before you have QSS -- rushing QSS feels bad, and just is bad.

For instance, Annie (as a support -- she doesn't have to do anything but hold her stun and wait, honestly) Maokai (even his R might as well be in this box, it's so wide that you can be cornered into an 'I have to flash' situation fairly easily..covers an entire lane) Fiddles Pantheon Ryze Et cetera

It's the sort of situation where (And again this is from an ADC standpoint)

If you walk anywhere within their range, you're cc'd and probably dead if you don't have QSS/solid peel. That's just my major complaint though. I like being able to dodge.