Nerfing AD assassins or lethality is bad game design proof why(list of factors) *feedback* Not rant

-People can go seekers, an item that is worthy 1100 gold, giving as much armor as Zhonyas and 35 Ap.

-If ur mana management ain't that good then, for exchange, you can get manaflowband which is giving you 250 mana for clicking spells and after, 1% mana each 5 seconds.

-everyone can get stopwatch and transform it into something useful

-DD exists

-Full physical damage, just go XY armor item to drastically reduce his damage output (fair thread tho, not for seekers and tabis imo).

-Tabis exists, 1100g for reduced AA damage AND armor

-bone plating exists which is just perfect against zed

-A lot of champions have been reworked or introduced to the game who counter zed naturally or make it harder for him to kill you (zed players have to adapt to each of them and use several different combos)

-supports get faster money to peel their adc's

-dodge around a bit as soon as he throws out his W and his main damage source is a nightmare to hit (Q hitbox is smaller than my wiener sorry lol)

-PD rework favoring for any adc

-"he overstepped the OP line" -riot, yeah cool for you when you chill in gold/silver elo where you even can poop on people with ivern

-what's his E spell even? A 20/25/30/35/40% slowing, in lategame 100 HP damaging spell that has absolutely no value nor any big use but to stack ur DM damage and is just eating your energy.

-people able to zone and poke for free for 20 seconds after dodging your Q and W

-reverting his AS growth has also no value because BoTrK is bs and AS on youmuus got removed

-Steraks existing

-You have a 3 second window to react to his main damage source in teamfights, that being said, compared to other assassins, you will always know when hes gonna land down from his ult which makes you able to time your CC or summoners such as flash or exhaust.

-His energy regen is defined by mimicking spells who are thrown by the shadow and the player himself

When will that happen with your E in lategames fight's to get energy back outside blue?

Then, The energy Regen is 50, which is an E at Lvl 5 which Energy cost isn't going down btw (i never fight late without blue buff)

-Lethality is punishing people for going no armor early mid/mid game and that is the only reason people are crying.

*Edit: If you wish something to be added - i'll add it. I'll just save that list and throw it around whenever i think it's reasonable