https://youtu.be/QpKun-9R0P8?t=30m45s
"Zed has always been pumping out damage like this" said OP in that post
https://youtu.be/5QuArEM_1Wk?t=15s
If you think Zed has always been "the same" then you don't understand what "Upfront Damage" means and why it has become so hated in recent time.
In seasons 3/4 Zed needed his ultimate damage to kill people. You could not get kills with basic abilities only unless MASSIVELY ahead.
In season 8 you basically only use ult as gap closer because people die before the ult even procs with only a single lethality item.
For this season Zed is a perfectly example of how stupid damage creep is in this game. Here you have an assassin champion literally DESIGNED around using his ultimate proc to kill people, but doesnt even need it anymore. High damage like this is not only bad for the game and unfun but undermines champion kits like Zeds because they no longer function as intended.
Damn it's just so unimpressive now. Wherever there was once skill there is now just ludicrous amounts of damage that do all the work.
Zed used to be stronger in a past mainly due to a much more comfortable shadow placement. Atm his R shadow placement is pussy style far from everything unless you face retarded people who rush into zed and get kited via shadows.. (Zed nowdays plays with 1 shadow not 2 except for rare wierd positioning situations)
also in a first video barrier is used which 99% wont notice the dmg is higher then you think..
Zed has always done a ton of damage. Items are more bursty now then they have ever been. Mainly duskblade and stormrazor's and that is the main problem.
