Zed's too strong

Frost Zealot·Dec 17, 2015·5 votes·1,024 views

Can I just briefly rant on how broken Zed is? I mean - he is the perfect example of an unbalanced champion. I was playing Ezreal - and got fed in lane mind you - but the Lux mid on my team gave him just a few kills and then - GG. After that, every time he saw me he would rush me and ult me - didn't matter if I burned all my summoners or not - and I would die every time - 0 chance of survival. Like there is 0 counter to that - so how exactly is anyone supposed to fight that? He even murdered the high hp and high armor tanks on our team because all you need to do on Zed is build ad and armor pen and nothing survives... like if riot doesn't already have plans to nerf this champ they need to make them because I'm sick of losing games to a champion that has no weakness aside from perhaps the person who is playing them being stupid.

14 Comments

LegacyDAPDec 17, 20153 votes

It's like it's the assassin's job to assassinate and 100-0 you.

Apex LiarDec 17, 20152 votes

Hi, I just looked at your game and noticed that you didn't buy QSS item 3140 . This item is a strong counter to Zed and you should look into getting it next time he gets fed.

And when you say you were unable to do anything to him. Zed was designed to be the best 1v1 champion in the game; so unless you are really far ahead, his kit gives him an advantage over you.

Frost ZealotDec 17, 20151 votes

I will - but how exactly would it counter him? He doesn't use cc to murder...

SendelloDec 17, 20152 votes

QSS removes all debuffs, and Zed's Death Mark (the part that makes you go 'pop') is classified as a debuff. :-)))

Frost ZealotDec 17, 20151 votes

oh wow - that's cool - I never knew that thanks :) - I still think he's broken though

SmitemuffinDec 17, 20151 votes

Yep. You get QSS and immediately put yourself 850 gold behind on your build so he doesn't insta-pop you. That's how you deal with Zed

PiVoRxDec 17, 20152 votes

Zed doesent even need death mark proc to kill adc, one Q-W-E combo is enough to one shot a squishy target. Deals insane damage with no items, you need entire team to chase him down, and hes very safe. Zed is just op champ overall.

Juggernaut628Dec 17, 20151 votes

I do believe that Zed is overpowered, but your Lux (of all champs) shouldn't have fed him. The Lux fed an assassin, what can you expect to happen afterwards.

Frost ZealotDec 17, 20151 votes

still though - she only gave him a few kills - I had way more kills than him early game and still couldn't do jack against him

The Poetic ZedDec 17, 20151 votes

Balance is a fool's master - Zed

Apex LiarDec 17, 20151 votes

QSS removes all debuffs, his ultimate is considered a debuff, so once you see that red dot appear on your champion, activate the item and his ultimate is removed from you.

optimalroatDec 17, 20151 votes

His ults is one of the simplest ults to counter in the game, a simple QSS, or zhonyas would stop it, even banshees or a bards ult would, too.

He's an assassin, that's what they do, they go to the enemies back lies, and deletes the squishes.

insaiyanbaccaDec 17, 20151 votes

first off zed is kind of ok now his job is to demolish squishies too, but the fact that a lux managed to somehow feed a zed means either the zed was really good or your mid laner was just crappy, also qss/mercurial is a very good pickup as an adc in general but also even better to pickup vs zed to nullify his death mark. 1 recommendation if you're playing ez vs a zed again at some point save your e to escape after he ults you to try and keep him from getting damage on his mark.

Apex LiarDec 18, 20151 votes

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first off zed is kind of ok now his job is to demolish squishies too, but the fact that a lux managed to somehow feed a zed means either the zed was really good or your mid laner was just crappy, also qss/mercurial is a very good pickup as an adc in general but also even better to pickup vs zed to nullify his death mark. 1 recommendation if you're playing ez vs a zed again at some point save your e to escape after he ults you to try and keep him from getting damage on his mark.

Ok bud, Riot designed League Of Legends to be a fun mechanical based game where your skill is matched with other players to see who is better. Unlike you, Riot noticed that this game was HEAVILY oriented around team play, if one person fucks up and feeds; we all feel the wrath.

So, they decided to create certain items to be able to "deal" with these feed players. QSS for Zed, Morell's for Swain/Akali, etc... It wouldn't be fun if these items gave you amazing offensive and defensive stats, because then everyone would buy them all the time and champs like Maokai will get screwed. So they would only be good in CERTAIN situations.