Zed nerf followed by Ekko release

Moooose·6/15/2015, 8:32:53 PM·2 votes·760 views

Was I the only person that was slightly taken back by the fact that Zed all in potential was greatly hurt with the new nerf that makes him only able to recast his ult after one second. Some may say oh wow that's nothing who cares. Well you're wrong. It is very easy to predict where zed will land after he casts his death mark and with this you can no longer do some of the outplays that you used to be able to. I'm not going to get into too much more detail about the zed nerf because well it was a while ago, but why would you nerf zed's ability to dive under tower and his mobility then come out with a champ like ekko... Sure if you use his ult defensively he won't be doing as much damage with his combo, but his ult takes him out to where he was 4 seconds ago, which is longer than you would prefer to fight if you were playing zed, and this can cover a huge amount of ground if used with a champ like thresh for example. Not to mention that his ult heals him after he dashes out, can still be used as a reliable source of AOE damage (Let's just say AOE again) zed's ult pop when fed did maybe around 1k damage but it could be cleansed and zhonyas's and avoided in so many different ways. Unless you have perfect timing it is very hard to dodge Ekko ult and it does nearly the same damage but to all nearby enemies, which if combined with his w gives him a huge shield and a nice stun to everybody around him as well. While I don't think Ekko is necessarily completely broken, I would like to point out that after making changes to limit his mobility and tower diving, Riot probably shouldn't have come out with a champion that arguably does it better than the one they nerfed a few weeks earlier...

14 Comments

1000angrybees6/15/2015, 9:41:21 PM1 votes

honestly, I couldnt give less of a shit about his inability to tower dive people whenever he felt like it. Zed players actually have to use it properly instead of mashing keys and backing out. Sorry.

As for ekko, his ult is definitely a little overloaded for 0 mana.

Vistha Kai6/15/2015, 9:49:20 PM1 votes

It's especially funny considering how Ekko kit screams "AP Zed with CC!"

SwiftKitten886/15/2015, 10:14:59 PM1 votes

lol if you call the zed nerf anything but a "lovetap".

zed is going to need alot more nerfs before he resembles anything in a remotely balanced state.

the only thing i find sad about nerfing zed and releasing ekko is they nerf one champ becuase he is op, then make another champ just as bad. which they then have to nerf. they dont seem to be learning

ChargeItDownMid6/16/2015, 9:23:41 PM1 votes

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