Counterplay to Zed?
Please name 2 ways to counter Zed if you are playing an AD Champion- which implies buying Zhonyas isn't an option.
Armor Doesn't do anything because he rushes Ghostblade and then Duskblade, and sometimes even Maw which all provide flat armor pen.
Dodging abilities/Going in when W is down Can dodge every single ability when Zed ults, have him Auto Attack you once, ignite you, and you're dead, even if you have early chainmail. (then add in Thunderlords for overkill)
Sit under tower Does such an absurd amount of damage that is also delayed so tower doesn't aggro, can go untargetable, and teleport out from under tower with one of two abilities
Outsustain Lol
Poke Lol
Outfarm Lol
Really, I want to hear some options to counter him. He gets buffed up the ass and gets a bunch of items changed or added in his favor such as Duskblade being added, QSS no longer removing ult, and Zhonyas getting 30s longer CD on the active.
Even the Keystones make him overwhelmingly powerful. Just a single auto attack and Q will proc Thunderlords (Thunderlords also scales higher with AD which Zed gets +20% extra), adding in another 175-275 damage for a poke/kill.
Let's do the math, for level 11 with having 200AD against somebody with 1600 HP. 8% of Max HP from passive- 100 damage Ignite- 250 damage Thunderlords- 150 Auto attack- 200 Q- 350 Ult- 550
Totaling out to 1600 damage which would be if he ults you, hits you with only one of his Q's, missing his E, igniting you, and auto attacking you once. Also, this is if he only has 200 AD, which would be one full item at level 11, which isn't likely. Also the item wouldn't be Duskblade, which, if it was, would total to an even higher amount of damage.
Per say you have 2 chain vests for armor, it will deal 800 damage if he has 0 armor penetration, not even from Masteries.
and boom you go. I lost every lategame as ADC vs Zed because of sheer impact he does, forcing me to buy
or
, both don't quite work well against him, I could also suggest
sometimes, against those cheesy flash ults
working
, manaless point and click harras which bounces so u don't even have to click on opponent
should already beat him.
, I have no sympathy for you (the matchup should be fairly even anyway)