So instead of nerfing Zed and Lee.....
Little bit of discussion past the "NERF LEE AND ZED NAO!" Bandwagon (which I am totally on by the way)
So we all know mana got hit hard in the preseason, regen is weaker, Blue doesn't last as long etc and because of this Zed has risen in the mid lane as THE go to mid laner (Outside of maybe Shurima, I mean Shurima, I mean Azir) and even now since his release Lee is warping the jungle, not as bad as he use to but still pretty heavily
So the thought occurred to me: what if Energy got the same regen nerfs mana did?
Now hear me out before you jump down my throat, currently the problem with there's champion is they can outstutain any mana champion, no mana mid laner can compete against an energy mid lane with the intent to win (Even Azir can only hope to go even because he'll go OOM trying to trade with his soldiers) They can only hope to go even or just be slightly behind, this is because Zed (lets face it Zed is pretty much the only energy mid laner used (Yes I know Akali but this is for arguments sake)) can do what mages can do longer, he can clear waves with his skills, poke with his skills far longer then any other mana champion where as before the nerfs he had a much harder time trying to keep his wave pushed (Lets not go into his Ease of last hitting under turret) then there's Lee, where as a normal jungler's gank potential is judged by their health AND their mana (Why would a J4 try to gank if he can't E>Q?) Lee only has to worry about health (Yadayada second W cast OP blahblahblah) so what if Energy got the same regen nerfs that Mana did? I mean Energy is meant to be for more early game potential but now Energy is early game dominance.
So I know there's a few things gonna be said
"Your just mad a Zed killed you" Yes I am, I am also mad that there is a Zed in most of my matches (Baring a few freak occurrences or streak) Riot talks about Diversity yet it's nothing but Zed Azir Zed Azir in the mid lane
"Shen would be even more irreverent" Yeah...that's the biggest hitch in this, The only thing I can think of is reducing his energy costs
"This would make energy champions UP" As opposed to what they do now?
"Just have the jungler give you blue" Then the Jungler would have mana issues and if its an energy champion mid odds are by the time that second blue arrives you would of already fallen behind
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During S3 Worlds) with the hit to mana costs it's basically saying "We don't want you to be playable if you cost alot of mana to use" and so Energy champions (who didn't get their energy regen nerfed due to....iunno reason) or champions that have ether low mana or more AA based are becoming populer, I understand thats the way Meta is, always shifting but I feel the mana nerfs have killed what Riot has claimed the Preseason would be all about, Diversity, as you said we have just assassins mid, ranged top (minus Maokai) and Lee Sin jungle, that to me anyway is a sign that Riot failed in their preseason goal by making low mana cost and energy champions have an easier time
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One has already seen a heavy nerf on her survivability (Though many seem to refuse to admit that standing in her shroud waiting for her cooldowns to come up is a bad idea, they just want her gutted.)
The other got a number of nerfs on release and only in the last season got some buffs.
Right now many agree that the only issue with Zed is that he is too safe, and one of the biggest ways to adjust that is to make adjustments on his shadows. Though not many right now can agree on how to do that.
) could match his waveclear and could harasse him while only having slight mana issues (it wasn't such a huge shot in the foot buying a seekers first in S4) now that those champions have had their mana regen nerfed Zed has nothing to fear (Minus maybe 
) as a result, the unstoppable monster he is, my thoughts is that if Energy also had the nerfs then Zed would have to be worried about those champions again because "Well I will still always be able to use my skills but nowhere near as often"