A Way to Make Zed More Counterplayable

So, . Zed Zed Zed Zed Zed Zed. Everyone seems to hate Zed except for Zed players, and Talon players (I will f*** you up, Zed). So, with the recent buff to his ult that means and no longer can cleanse his ult. With the CD nerf to as well, it seems like he can pretty much ult freely and without thought. His ult is literally a point and click and it is dead easy to 100-0 someone with his full combo (unless you suck at life like myself). So, with an ult that now has very little counterplay, and with Zed's already safe playstyle, it seems like he will run rampant.

Well, the nerf to brought up an idea for me. You can use on a ult, but you can still take damage from it. It is, however, a lines skillshot that takes some practice to use. So, my proposal to you is that we make Zed's ult a skillshot. I was thinking that Zed would dash forwards like LeBlanc, and the very first champion he would hit, he complete his normal Death Mark routine. Also, if he misses, he won't spawn a shadow to switch places with. So, Zed dashes forwards like LB, but just a tad slower. During his dash, if he comes into contact with an enemy champion, he spawns a shadow at his original place and completes the normal animation and execution of Death Mark.

This change to his ult will do a few things. First off, if you are very good at landing skillshots, the ult will not change much. This will, however, add a level of counterplay that Zed didn't have before. He can be targeted during his dash and it would interrupt his ult. The change will make it harder to hit mobile and normally squishy champions like , as well as make it harder to hit champions with CC like Lux. Basically, he punishes immobile and isolated champions which is what I always thought assassins where supposed to do. In a teamfight, his ult could be bodyblocked by the front line, and if he misses it altogether in a teamfight, his only escape will be his W. The ult can be used as an escape, but it doesn't have as much juking potential as LB or Zed's W, and using it to escape would mean you can't use it to kill someone for quite some time.