You know, playing against Zed wouldn't be so bad if...

He didn't invariably build

It is quite literally every game that Zed builds a Hexdrinker in lane, followed by merc treads. This build doesn't particularly inhibit his damage, while giving him about 100 mr with runes included.

Am I the only one who feels like the odds are kind of stacked against me when Zed gets to reduce 50% of my damage while still being able to one-shot me? If the enemy Zed has half of a brain, there's really nothing you can do as a mage against Zed in a 1v1 situation when he has these items (maybe just me, but still).