Anyone else think Zed is OP right now?

Aguymozo·Mar 11, 2019·9 votes·3,649 views

Patch 9.3 gave zed massive buffs to his early game and it just seems like a decent zed is guaranteed to win lane. I can't think of a single midlaner right now that can counter zed and even if you play the matchup perfectly it feels like the best you can do is deny most kills and farm under tower, hoping he isn't fed enough to be good late game. I'm fine with lane bullies and champions that are good at 1v1s like Yasuo and Jayce, but the downside is they're easy to gank; the cooldown reduction on Zed's W makes him nearly impossible to catch unless your jungler happens to be nearby if you're pushed up and he just used W to engage, but in most cases that means you're probably dead anyway. Anyone else think his early game is too OP?

8 Comments

MankeyMadnessMar 12, 20197 votes

Zeds mains whined the change to his ultimate was too hard nerf. Riot just buffed the crap out of Q and W instead and he became top tier.

Craft ZeppelinMar 12, 20192 votes

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Zeds mains whined the change to his ultimate was too hard nerf. Riot just buffed the crap out of Q and W instead and he became top tier.

The thing they cannot even calculate the outcome of the difference between a direct buff to Q compared to a situational buff after leaning ult is hilarious.

NoPaxtMar 12, 20192 votes

summoner 21 no...

BlueSmurf2018Mar 12, 20192 votes

no. i dont.

JuiceBoxPMar 11, 20191 votes

I can't think of a single midlaner right now that can counter zed and even if you play the matchup perfectly

You clearly haven't met katarina. Since her E buff, dodging zed's damage completely is super easy.

As soon as he clicks that w offensively, i shunpo to him, w + q + electrocute proc and go back. he misses all the damage, i win the trade, gg.

Vulkus IMar 13, 20191 votes

Zed is my second most played champ and practically my second main, and I think he's pretty bonkers right now. I noticed a huge difference between my damage early game and how easy I can kill people now.

I honestly preferred his older state, allowed him to scale into late game. I like scaling champs (i main Gangplank )

The ChillinApr 4, 20191 votes

Zed is viable, I wouldn't say he is 'OP' or too strong. I am a diamond zed main with 2 million mastery. The champion is easily combated by seekers armguard until he gets 2 lethality items and last whisper. He still struggles into many matchups like irelia /zoe/pick any mage that is currently broken. If you are having a tough time I suggest not giving up everything at early levels, zed's trade level 1 and 2 is one of the worst in the game. Even at 3 his full combo does as much damage as a mage if he lands everything perfectly (q's that haven't passed through minions, if this is happening you are doing something HORRIBLY wrong, and should review your games). Also Corrupting potion is currently broken and can be abused on everything that uses mana, giving you a free laning phase pass even if you don't play correctly. Trade frequent and hard, assuming you can land any required skillshots.