Why i think Zed is unfair and unfunny to play against.
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This champion is simply frustrating and totally unfunny to play against, as a mage in particular.
Case 1: you've been successful in poking him and he has to sit near the tower. He has no mana costs and a long, really long range. He'll just farm with his abilities and take most of the farm without losing anything.
Case 2: you're losing and you want to sit undertower. Well, bad for you, because Zed can poke you easily even there and dive you once he has ult.
Case 3: lane is even, you both decide to push and roam. But while you, as Syndra, for example, have to cast 4 spells to push a lane quickly and consume 3/4 of my mana, Zed will do that quickly and with NO COST WHATSOEVER.
VS AP, zed is helped a lot by itemization. He can build MR, making it impossible for any mage to kill him with a full rotation of spells. But wait, he builds AD AND ARMOR PENETRATION too at the same time, so he can indeed delete you with a full rotation. And again, he has no costs.
He can avoid spells with his stupid mobility and with his ult, he can spam, poke and push with no cost, he can dive, he can farm safely, he can oneshot.
Zed is an unfair champion. Yes, Zhonya and QSS helps, but not during early and mid game, where he will easily snowball because of how stupid he is, and he can still burst people down without his ult anyway. He shouldn't be allowed to exist.