Playing Zed feels really unsatisfying

Bellows··4 votes·639 views

Especially with how average or slightly less then average he is right now. The biggest thing is this item 3157 .

Hourglass is so UNFUN and I am sad riot doesnt follow the same principles they had with Schimitar as they do with Hourglass. If schimitar doesnt drop fizz ult, which IS a cc. Hourglass shouldnt negate zed's ult. I see adc's who. in this meta, dont need a 6th item and can afford to waste it on zhyonas. What if you dont wanna focus adc cause mage is most fed? Zhyonas SHOULDNT be a complete denial to shut them down. This item is not very good in most cases but some niche ones and for completely negating Zed in most cases. It should be changed/removed and/or replaced with another armor/ap item.

I can stress enough how gross it is to have Katarina get fed off of other lanes as I am, but cause she bought Hourglass, I zed, WHO MY JOB IS TO SHUT PEOPLE DOWN, cant do that now. Its not fun/fair. I know Zed gets hate every now and then, but this HAS to be admitted that this isnt fair and is toxic gameplay. I wouldnt complain if it was Bard ult negating Zed, cause thats a champions ULT and can be messed up/ missed/baited. But a good early game item WITH ARMOR and ap, that also has the ability to negate 50% of my burst. Toxic. And is a large rock in the way of Zed being balanced. Everytime the nerf/buff zed he seems to be super broken or below average. I think Hourglass is a huge reason for this.

EDIT: Hourglass can also be baited, but 99% of the time, its held on to until you ult.

6 Comments

Nameless Voice2 votes

Honestly, Zed is far too defined by Hourglass.

He's a complete nightmare for most mages until they can get hourglass, at which point he becomes kind of pointless.

Pre-hourglass: Zed's opponent doesn't get to have fun. Post-hourglass: Zed doesn't get to have fun.

Cocho1 votes

Hourglass' cooldown is longer than your ult. Just take adavantage of that.

When she goes in to kill someone, and you force her to use it, then she can't kill, then she's basically dead either way. Bonus points if you exhaust her after she gets out of it.

Hourglass not working against zed ult, makes as much sense as hourglass not working against Kat's ult lol.

Hourglass is just an advantage of being AP. Its one of the reasons why AP champs are AP champs.

AP champs can't make scemitar, they can't make lifesteal, etc.

  • Katarina Main lol
Kirius Dark1 votes

{quoted}> AP champs can't make scemitar

Why not? Lots of champs late game will build QSS to totally negate a champ to win a teamfight then finish their build. If their gold permits super late @6 items they can finish it for stronger autos at least

Cocho1 votes

Yeah dude and AD champs make it for the armor.

Trap or a Trick1 votes

you get bonus ad from ulting ad champs, zhonyas isn't bought on ad champs. I see that there could be a problem early but not late, I could be wrong, ive never played zed. EVER. hate him as a matter of fact. but I like helping people :V

Hauling Ashe1 votes

So buy hourglass for Kat's ult.

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