Why I think people are over hating Zed.

AttackOnTeemos··1 votes·433 views

Here's the proof here, for one. Zed has been a TOP Ban for god knows how long now. I promise you out of the maybe pass sixty something games I played last week and the week before he has always been a ban. So even if they change the QSS, what does it matter? You still going to ban Zed or dodge when you don't have him.

  1. I can still name a have full of Champions that still can shutdown a Zed late game even if he is doing well. (And someone is going name them.) Nasus Just build armor and farm the Q. Shen Yes his W does block wonders of damage that can be done. Malzahar Getting ulted by Maza feels like forever. Volibear Build-a-bear. Nautilus Haven't seen much of Naut but his ult and passive alone does prevent Zed from escaping.

So what if Zed dives into your back line and jumps on your adc? Hell lets throw leona play in there, the only reason I'm bringing these up is because I spent some time just fighting against a zed with friends and tested it against him without even building the QQS. Not saying I was able to escape EVERY time but most of the time it ended up Zed being knocked out of the fight WITH the person he ulted.

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WitchQueen Annie2 votes

He's honestly hugely overrated. He becomes completely useless when people group up late game (or have Zhonyas) due to the concentration of CC which shuts down all but the best Zed players (who are minority). Most of his kit becomes useless because he has to get up close and people completely over-praise the reliability of his shadow and Ult swaps to escape (his Ult telegraphs very clearly to his opponents where he can be, people can simply time their CC to shut him down). His combos are also hugely unreliable, if he misses his double Shurikens the damage is mostly gone and its really hard to land those anyways; its not like Annie's point and click Flash + R + Q +W + Ignite which can strike multiple targets and destroy them at once reliably.

He's only a problem if he snowballs but that can be prevented by buying amor and playing safe.

Also, his split push potential is largely over-estimated because in the late game you've often got Devourer Yi/Xin Zhao who can more than reliably 1 vs 1 unless he is horribly over-fed.

He can occasionally delete a Mage carry in a team fight and escape unscathed... if he gets through all the CC; meanwhile, Zed's team has no Mage carry and all of its utility and AOE damage 100% of the time because of the Zed pick.

Zero Skill Tank2 votes

Getting ulted by Maza feels like forever.

Only a half-decent Zed will get QSS, y'know.

Sariat11 votes

That's not really a solution for the people who hate Zed. The people who hate him most are the squishy midlaners and ADCs. Sure there are counters like Poppy and Volibear, but the only Midlaner you've listed here is Malzahar.

AttackOnTeemos1 votes

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That's not really a solution for the people who hate Zed. The people who hate him most are the squishy midlaners and ADCs. Sure there are counters like Poppy and Volibear, but the only Midlaner you've listed here is Malzahar.

That's cause most mid laners refuse to actually build any armor or at least use SOME runes. Hell I'm willing to beat 25$ of RP I'll use teemo mid and can walk out of it.

Sariat12 votes

You can buy a seekers armguard first item, and have 13 armor in runes, And still die to the lvl 6 all in of Zed. AND you have no mana regen to last you in lane. Meanwhile, he has a shield that blocks Magic damage and a resource that regens to full in 10 seconds. So why not give seekers armguard a similar passive- something akin to what steraks gage does now?

IWrath1 votes

People ban Zed because the good zeds can shred most mages and adc before anything happens to him. And people ban zed because the bad zeds are really bad.

CIickTheLantern1 votes

What I got from this is "You shouldnt cry about the QSS nerf because your X champion can still stop zed if he dives your adc". You shouldnt need to pick specific champs JUST because the opponent went zed.

Ralanr1 votes

Shen's W only blocks auto attacks. Zed doesn't need to use his autos to kill his target.

In fact I rarely see him autoing unless it's on minions.

Zero Skill Tank1 votes

Getting ulted by Maza feels like forever.

Any half-decent Zed will get around this with QSS.

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