RIOT wai u nerf weakest AD assassin!!!!
I'm just about done playing Zed anymore. Lately, he has been nerfed with no compensation. First it was the shadow missile speed, then it was the ult delay, now it's the W+Q cast time. He is currently on shit-tier status, no one is complaining about that part of his kit, so why not focus nerfs on his power curve/numbers? I haven't seen Riot touch his numbers in like a billion patches.
Now, I know that his main complaint is his free poke and laning power. And I kinda get it. But the only thing that this "exploit", which has been in the game since his inception, can take advantage of is enemy mids who are simply poor at dodgin/positioning/much of everything.
As an avid Zed player, one tiny thing that I've noticed is the fact that he is THE MOST FRONT LOADED CHAMPION IN THE GAME! It's so frustrating when you play an underpowered champ, who is not very good at doing his intended job, due to the fast that A) His assassination pattern is predictable and easily countered. And B) He's just simply vastly outclassed by other champs. (Rengo, Yas, Kha'Zix)
But I'm going on a tangent. The thing that just really sucks is the fact that they are taking all of the "Zeddiness" out of Zed. He's just so clunky and unsatisfying to play anymore. He used to reward lightning fast reflexes and cunning. But now, to make a weird comparison, he's like the DUPLO version of our old LEGO Zed.
Zed is still played these days, dispite the fact that he is no where near effective in most situations, because he is SATISFYING to play. Playing Zed at a high level is an adrenaline rush. The ammount of dopamine you get from pulling off a 100-0 kill on a target when you only have 200 HP is one of the best feelings you can get from this game. Or the ol' double shadow dodge, securing the kill and making it out with 5 HP and no cooldowns is undescribable. Granted these situations are VERY far and few in between.
It seems that the game is gearing towards a twitch reflex oriented kind of play. With most new champs haveing a million and ten passives to take into account and complex mechanics. So why continually remove Zed's ability to actually keep up?
the secret assassin