A champion that can 100-0 someone under tower while exhausted in .17 seconds (I'd show you the clip but, SHOCKER, Riot's client is messed up) by literally auto attacking once and pressing Q doesn't take skill. Just because he had to also press E to get there and then E again after he used his other abilities to instantly kill someone doesn't make him high skill. It makes him overpowered, anti-fun, and broken.
Silly Neeko5 votesMalphite can do the same by going AP and ulting in, pressing E, Q. Its called you are a squishy little marshmallow that hasnt figured out what armor is, and he is the mouth that has roasted you and then eats you.
Also, get a dang Zhonyas.
YourAreMyQueen2 votesYes getting a Zhonya's at lvl 4 should be the only counterplay to someone goin, Zed -> lock in. Got it! So smart and innovative!
Silly Neeko5 votesLevel 4 and you were deleted from 100 to 0 by just a Q and auto? What were you playing? Shedinja? (For those who dont know the reference, Shedinja is a pokemon that only has 1 hp).
Or did you obsurdly feed him and stayed out of lane until he was level 12? Because there is no way possible that he can dive you, and even unload his ENTIRE kit, and be exausted unless he had a full item already, and at level 4 generally that is just at the start of the game before i back so......
I think you are not putting some crucial information here.
Hammermancer4 votesI dont play zed
I dont like zed
I dpnt think his entire class is a good part of the game
But that dpesnt mean im going to say zed mains arent talented at what they do amd that they didn't put the effort in to show their skill
So you're wrong and ive downvoted you
YourAreMyQueen2 votesIt takes neither effort nor skill to play Zed.
Silly Neeko4 votesMaybe you should pick him up then. If you cant beat them, play them so that you arnt against it. Should be a free win then right?
Hammermancer2 votesHe's just ignorant of the difference between skill floor and ceiling
Eedat3 votesWow that's weird because we play the same game and I'm 100% positive things didn't happen like you describe. Did you just lose to a Zed and are super salty or something?
Kats Pajamas3 votesas someone that never plays zed, but can easily use zed and kill people 100-0 with infinite safety when I do play zed, I'd agree with OP the basic assassination combo on zed is rather easy, but the basic assassination combos on most assassins are pretty easy, and that is not what makes someone good at them as much as it is the niche knowledge of the champion. Katarina players as example have replays of all kinds of fancy plays, but 80% of our kills are the exact same combo every time, and it's not really ever shown in replays often because of how boring it looks to a katarina player.
Silly Neeko2 votesWhich seeing as you play kata, she at least has a similarish feel to Zed atleast, so it likely is easier for you to pick him up than some others. But that is just technicalities there xD
I want to point out they are claiming that a Zed did this to the level 4 OP.
I say this because I for example can not consistantly do well with Kata nor Zed.... well, i can do wellish, i can win lane, but i cant generally execute people as well as everyone keeps claiming they can.
However, they can not execute me either. Zed almost always appears on the other side of you than his ultimates shadow... (or atleast that has been whats been consistant for me), so if im in mid, generally i like playing someone who has some kind of CC or mobility.
Easy free knowledge that might help out the OP the next time they have to fight a Zed.
Edge of Daybreak2 votesTrust me we know there is no clip you don't have to lie. Just post the nonsensical rage and well read it anyway.
Silly Neeko1 votesActually there is an issue atm. Try going to your match history. Even OP.GG last updated as of 20 hours ago and it uses the match history to update. This means that about 20-21 hours ago it went to take a dump and got kidnapped by whatever.
Edge of Daybreak1 votesI'm aware of that. He is claiming he got 100-0'ed by zed in .17 seconds by an auto and Q while he was exhausted. That's not possible as his Q cast time alone with no other factors takes longer than that.
Silly Neeko2 votesDeath timer doesnt show cast time, just when it hits to until they die. So the cast could have nearly coincided with the auto if used first. Though obviously they have not played Zed or have a clue about him...
They said that he used his E to get in range, and then E again "after he used all his abilities". For so many reasons this is wrong on so many levels lol
Ghazter2 votesThere's a difference between someone who has high base damage scaling and builds lethality (
) and someone who has no skillshots, true damage, and an ability that makes them invulnerable along with a damage reducing spell that also heals (
).
I think you're crying about the wrong champion here. You can get by zed pretty easily with armor and (shocker) 
.
I agree that the amount of AD assassin midlane champions that are viable right now is unbalanced, but at least Zed has dodgeable skillshots and can't really 100-0 you without his ult (bring 
and you're fine, or play someone like 
).
YourAreMyQueen2 votesYou're lying to yourself if you think that's true.
Nhifu1 votesNo ignite? good luck with that lmao
Nhifu2 votesActually, Zed compared to Wukong right now... Zed's complete trash lol
Wukong actually procs Duskblade, and he has CC and better mobility XD
redniwediS2 votesIt's fine to be salty, but don't let the salt cloud your judgement.
Zed is strong, but not overpowered. He is one of those champions that can legitimately counter others, so you can lose lane in champion select if you are not careful, but even in that situation he can be dealt with.
Skill isn't the only aspect of League you need to practice, knowledge and decision making are just as important and appear to be lacking for you. Read some guides, watch some videos, or just get a friend who plays Zed well to practice against you a few times.
Vyntrius2 votesEven if your ridiculous claim that you conveniently can't back up was true, the Zed would have to be so obscenely fed that any other assassin would be destroying you with the same lack of "skill". The truth is, the real demonstration of skill would be how the player got such an advantage in the first place.
Hyquiem2 votesAs a mage main, and a previous zed main I can safely say vs zed is all about itemization, plus you have 2 lvls to poke zed and make him cry, loosing to assasins mostly comes from the fact their is no lane control, you freeze vs assasins. But now jungler don’t gank mid so that’s useless.