Riot you might want to change your wording

rabbitfufu·4/13/2019, 4:38:21 AM·3 votes·1,185 views
Patch 9.4 Notes

Patch 9.4: 'The theory behind Zed's R - Death Mark passive—kill high-AD threats to get stronger—breaks down in practice because the highest-AD target is often not the most important threat for Zed to go after. At the same time, buffs to make hunting the highest-AD target correct at all times would make Zed entirely reliant on Reaper of Shadows, preventing him from finding success in other ways. We're removing it and giving its power back to Zed in areas he's been struggling in, namely a better early lane and more powerful late-game splitpushing.'

  • removes zed R ad gain
  • gives ad to Q and lower cd on W
  • effectively an adjustment

Patch 9.8: Zed – nerfed

  1. Razor Shuriken (Q): Damage decreased to 80/115/150/185/220 from 90/125/160/195/230.
  2. Living Shadow (W): Cooldown increased to 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds from 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds.

uhhhhh someone please explain why they are making him weaker than before the patch that gave him a minibuff

6 Comments

y0r1ck4/13/2019, 5:23:40 AM2 votes

Those look like nerfs meant to shave a couple percent off of his winrate.

VoraciousX4/13/2019, 5:27:10 AM1 votes

I didn't know Zed struggled in his early game. In fact according to OP.GG his early game was the same as his late game, in fact he was at around a 53% win rate(probably slightly less realistically as U.GG shows a closer win rate to Riot's internal data and they have him at a 52.55%) throughout all stages of the game.

Sexy Jack Rabbit4/13/2019, 5:40:41 AM1 votes

You're still keeping the range recast and the AS Buff

The Chillin4/16/2019, 6:33:41 PM1 votes

Cause bad players complain on boards about a bad champion that killed them (Zed/shaco/riven/insertMeleeCarryPickHere)