Is Zed too good?

BoutsofInsanity··3 votes·1,048 views

I play mid a lot. So I see a lot of Zed. I'm sick of it.
What I see, [LIST] []Easy farm with skills []Easy last hitting with passive []Super easy harass from range with shadow and shuriken []Item build path cost curve is hyper efficient []Can one shot carries if he is decently farmed and has a kill at level 16 []Can turret dive and escape by leaving a shadow super far away and teleporting out after damage plus ignite []R targets an enemy and makes him untargetable and bursts better then other champions []No punishment for using his abilities and missing like mana champions or long cooldowns [/LIST]

Am I alone in seeing this, added to the fact that all the pros play him and he is banned a lot? Or is there a counterplay I am missing. Zhonyas doesn't count, because I have a 1600 gold waiting period to get a damage spike, while zed just farms pick axes, and long swords and goes up in effectiveness. He doesn't have to wait for 1550 gold to be effective. He can farm it in chunks, while the counterplay against him has to wait for 1600 gold.

9 Comments

BoutsofInsanity3 votes

So I have to spend money, on a quicksilver sash, which gives MR, and no damage, against an AD champion. That seems... efficient.

Worgslarg1 votes

Or a zhonyas. If you zhonyas right before the mark is applied( as right as zed becomes untargetable) he cannot apply his ult to you. Or you could, idk, zhonya's the damage.

And QSS turns into mecurial scimitar, which has 80 attack damage, and is a great buy against a heavy-cc team.

Nathaniell13 votes

Nerf Talon, leave Zed extremly save laner/assasin/poker/split pusher/duelist.. sounds legit. Just recently I read multiple riot posts about fact that champions need to have weakness(es)... well, zed is great in everything except tanking, and yet, I dont see that big weakness, I just see epic power and safety in everything he can do. gg riot

Earl Eulrich2 votes

Yea, he´s too strong in good hands and especially far too save currently. Guess they could down the basestats a tad and maybe add some cd on the re-step of his ultimate, so he has to take more care about when to go in or really can get punished for it.

Worgslarg1 votes

Kayle

Oritem 3140 /item 3157

Both can remove/stop his ults damage.

Knight SoIaire 1 votes

+1 for this nobers gonna hate tho

Nathaniell13 votes

So fact that you can stop his ult with kayle or hourglasses (which is same for cca 1/2 of all ults in game) mean that this is his weaknes?

Knight SoIaire 1 votes

his weakness is that he relies on that ult more than the others

Nathaniell13 votes

Thats not true. Most of the AP miders will wipe you 100-0 only with their ult, they still have dmg even without it, but cant 100-0 you. Thats same story for zed. And because his ult is extremly safe, there is (for assasin) minimal risk in going in. So if you go in with ult, and they use hourglass/qss/kayle ult u can just press one button and port right back, minimal risk involved - in the other hand if rengar//khazix go in, and you will use hourglass, they are fucked - they cant kill you and cant escape - so the will just die for nothing. And just for the record, Zed's dmg is pretty good even without ult... with 25% bonus AD and max hp dmg passive....

More from Gameplay

More by BoutsofInsanity