That's a bad change for Zed, I think it will ruin this balanced champion.

ItDoesntMatter··4 votes·1,089 views

Zed's Q is a very risky ability, which needs a long time practice to enhance the accuracy, zed is afraid of any kind of control like stun and knock up. (In addition:Janna Soraka Zilean item 3140 item 3157 item 3222 ) The only good thing is he can switch back to the original place by recasting R, now u set 1 sec delay for this, how can we play this champion like a so called assassin? I 'd prefer the old design of R, place a shadow behind the target, it will enhance QE's damage and slow effect, if you really don't want me to escape, at least I can get a kill! I tested this change, as a zed main, I can only say I feel disappointed with Riot, if u say the others have no time to react(kat,fiora,talon&etc will let u react?), u already changed W make it slower, then R have less damage and harder to control target(old R will 100% slow the target by E) when u decide to place a shadow on original place rather than behind the target. In this league of tank, assassin is very hard to get advantages in team fight. This change will make this champion harder and harder to use. On the other side, zed is very hard for new player, then you aim at the zed mains, 1 sec will make him cannot survive in team fights. Last but not least, I just can't understand the designer always said Zed is a good example for balanced assassin, when I saw you said this I think alright, well, if you won't nerf zed anymore, that's fine. Then, what did you DO??? that's a BIG NERF!!!! I lose all of the hope,I feel heart broken and disappoint with this game. (Eng isn't my mother language, but I think most of the readers can understand what did I want to mention.)

18 Comments

Volt Cruelerz6 votes

Just build QSS.

Yes, I find that I just said that to a Zed player hilariously ironic.

1000angrybees1 votes

at least QSS builds into something viable for him. The irony continues.

Aatrox Herself2 votes

I think you confused the words "balanced champion" with "Op Batshit insane Crapsack". But english isn't your native langue so its ok.

ItDoesntMatter2 votes

rude guy should ask ur parents should u say this before u post this comments

Aatrox Herself1 votes

Says the one that doesn't punctuate, capitalize, or spell thinks correctly. Maybe you need to ask your parents.

Vistha Kai2 votes

Balance is a fool's master.

Igotlazy2 votes

Honestly I don't think Zed's ability rotation is healthy. His R allows him to undo any mistakes he makes during the time it's up. Did he engage poorly? Woopsie, lemme just click R and act like it never happened. The worst part is that he will KEEP doing this over and over until he gets you. If he notices that he hasn't killed you by the first 10 minutes he'll just hard push the lane and go gank which he is ALSO good at.

ItDoesntMatter1 votes

I think if a assassin can't directly kill a carry(AP;AD), it almost means he did nothing in team fight. when abilities cooldown, team fight finished

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

Well you're also describing the new champion's ult. Did i engage poorly, well lemme go back and get a heal for it to boot.

Desiderium2 votes

I'm disappointed as well. It's a really bad change and not the way they should have gone with Zed. Removes too much of his choice and gameplay. That's not how you nerf someone.

Commit Sudoku1 votes

Zed :bruh its good the unseen blade is still the dealiest

S H A Y C 01 votes

sad story bro

ItDoesntMatter1 votes

Mikael's Crucible ; Quicksilver Sash ; zhongya

Vistha Kai1 votes

Crucible does nothing aganist Zed. Nothing more than any heal for that matter.

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

Zed is afraid of any kind of crowd control you say? Well there are these items made just for you to counter this! Try item 3157 item 3222 or item 3140 today!

Sightless661 votes

I just can't understand the designer always said Zed is a good example for balanced assassin,

Not really. Rioters have said Zed is a example of a well-designed assassin. He offers opportunities for counterplay and doesn't have inherently oppressive gameplay. That says nothing about his balance state. He can still be overpowered despite that. A champion can be well or poorly designed, and they can also be overpowered, underpowered, or balanced.

In this case, Zed was preforming quite well because he could assassinate someone in about half a second and get away. He didn't have to wait for good opportunities to go in, he could just get in safely, blow everything, and get out. Requiring him to wait a bit for enemies to blow their cooldowns before going in won't kill him. You can still assassinate. It's not that bad.

WolfChases1 votes

Why the hell do you think that change even hurts Zed? With that nerf only bad Zed players will be punished for bad decision when they dive 1v5. Other than that, when you ult someone, you need some time to apply your damage, you need like 0.50 sec to use your combo and ~1 second for few AAs if needed, when you do that, you will be able to recast your ultimate and it won't be on a CD.

I really do not understand why is everyone crying about that nerf, lol, at least ppl wont be frustrated when you dive 1v5, go out without a scratch and spam laugh.

Centuros1 votes

You are supposed to hit the target to increase the damage of Death Mark anyway; just do it for half a second longer before teleporting away.

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