What if we cut Zed's Q damage from his shadows by half?

Zorasama·5/10/2016, 6:25:17 AM·3 votes·668 views

And remove the "Additional shurikens striking the same enemy only deal 50%". Just a random suggestion lol.

This would nerf his laning phase safe farm/poke power so his WQE combo wouldn't reliably take half of your health over and over. Trade in the face or weak poke. And I don't think this would effect his all-in assassination that much since his full combo still deals exactly the same damage.

Thought? Zed mains opinion pls.

7 Comments

zacktootall5/10/2016, 6:30:41 AM1 votes

i think your hating on zed (opinion) why is everyone suddenly an expert on champ reworks?(cuz your not(reality))

Njallum5/10/2016, 6:56:53 AM1 votes

The thing with Zed is that he is not really an all-in type of Assassin until he has gotten a few items, most of his snowballing potential is dependant on weakening his opponents with his combo until they're at a low enough point for him to swoop in and finish them off. Zed provides only damage with no utility beyond a slow, he has a very dominant laning phase because that is how he keeps himself relevant and strong.

I don't deny that fighting Zed is extremely frustrating, but that is just the way the cookie crumbles. If we went by your example then that would not only reduce his damage to champions and reliability with hitting his Q, but it would also adversely affect his farming and last-hitting potential significantly. There's a lot of champions which I deem to be cancerous, and would absolutely love to see removed from the game completely, such as Yasuo. But that doesn't mean I think he needs a nerf.

Zed is designed to weaken you, and then destroy you when you're too wounded to fight back. To do that he needs to have very strong and consistent harass.