So Zed, a little too in the limelight?

Ok, so i find Zed to be a little on the extreme in terms of mid laners...The only AP mid laner that can counter him is lissandra only by ulting to stop his ult. If you want to count people like Ahri you have to get the charm down right. But most of the time and with most of the champions, your gonna be scared stiff of going up to cs, BECAUSE getting to close means getting a Zed ulting you, and any good Zed is gonna freeze the lane as long as possible to deny you cs. Not only that but Zed can also buy items such as Hydra and BotRK to apply additional damage to the ultimate.

Now i have heard arguments such as "Stay under tower so that way you can cs safely." Which would be a good idea, except Zed is one of the best tower divers in the game, simply throwing out a shadow out of turret range will make sure he stays alive after he has finished mincing you.

I have also heard "buy a Zhonya's." Now, yes, the primary item to counter zed...the problem is between the time that you can build enough money to build a Zhonya's he may very well have gotten a couple of kills on you and/or built enough items to where the ult doesn't matter anymore. Also by that time he is gonna have roamed to other lanes and picked up more kills from them. So do you expect your whole team to buy Zhonya's just to deal with that one guy?

You also cant really say "Well flash/move under turret if he ults you", because he already has a safe escape outside of turret range.

Champion pools that counter him are slim at best, and even those learning to pick up zed may find it easy to counter items with. So i think this Champ may be one that needs a few nerfs, what with all the damage, essentially 3 long range "flashes," and an ult that can kill almost anyone if they cant get away from him.