A zed rework aimed to making him fun to play against

TheOvermind··2 votes·811 views

Zeds primary issues right now: 1)straight up unfun to play against in lane and late game 2)EXTREMELY safe at all stages of the game 3) feels like no one counters him and is hard to punish Zed early. 4)feels more like a ranged champion in lane rather than a melee.

Changes:

-Passive: contempt for the weak Targets: anyone below 50% current hp => CHAMPIONS ONLY at any % hp Damage: 4/5/7% max hp => flat 35/205 ( based on level)+ 8/12/20 % missing hp

-Q : razor shuriken
Damage -20 across the board for direct hits and -15 across the board for multi target hits. Ratio 0.9bonus ad => 0.7/0.8/.0.9/1.0/1.1 bonus ad

-w : living shadow Bonus ad increase ~~ 4/8/12/16/20 %~~ => 5/10/15/20/25%

E: shadow slash Dmg 60/90/120/150/180 => 50/80/105/125/140 Ratio 0.8 bonus ad => 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9 bonus ad

R: death mark Now resets the passive timer on any champion used Can only cast the blink back if he: 1)hits a champion with a shuriken 2) drops death marked target to lethal levels of hp ( death mark pop will kill) 3) gets any other kill or assist. The shadow now stays for an extra 2 seconds before it disappears

Additionally mikaels crucible now romoves Zeds ultimate from the target cast upon.

I believe these changes will solve the problems with zed I mentioned above because now zed has far less damage From range early and has to commit to get the big trade on by swapping with his w and procing his passive (notice how the passive Will do very little damage vs a near full hp target) Zed now actually has some weaknesses early and shoving him under his turret is a better thing to do to punish him because he can no longer lat hit as easily without his passive on minions. Also zed has to get a successful ultimate off in order to be allowed to blink back to safety. If he doesn't think through his all in and finds himself screwed, he will have to burn something valuable or die for it. I increased his late game scaling on q and e to make him less reliant on his ultimate which can now be countered by a protective support who bought a mikaels. Also the new passive makes his weq into passive proced auto combo much stronger late game. ( as long as he lands double / triple shuriken and chunks the target on low hp. The new passive with stronger execute will reward him with a kill. However he is committed and had now way out. TL;dr Zed now takes risks and is rewarded if he lands his skillshots Far less safe.

14 Comments

I Q1 votes

"feels like no one counters him" yeah man when I play Zed and see a Lissandra on the enemy team I am jumping for joy.

BloodyTompon1 votes

I'm that terrible at the game that I still lose this match-up :( Teach me Shenpai

I Q1 votes

She will most likely save her ult for yours, so save it until she uses hers. If you play it right she will be forced to use it before you ult, and then you use yours. Also buy QSS

BloodyTompon1 votes

I meant I lose it as Liss haha

I Q1 votes

Oh, if you ult yourself as lissandra it basically cancels Zed's ultimate

BloodyTompon1 votes

I know haha I'm just too terrible at the game to do it. I swear I suffer from acute technological retardation :/

BloodyTompon1 votes

This just nerfs him. He already has an abysmal win rate, he's not in need of further nerfs.

TheOvermind1 votes

You weren't able to comprehend all of it , it seems. Yes I nerfed his oppresive range and safety, but rewarded him greatly for taking risks. Also those ad ratio bumps on q and E when maxed are quite big. They will do A LOT now.

Angry Monster1 votes

Still does not solve the lack of solutions for a player when they get death marked. As a jungler i can not force my squish carries to play smart. I also can not do anything to stop zed once he ults ( i am on the front line or not on top of the adc). The squishy champ can never solve a zed problem on their own. This causes a dynamic that is frustrating cause a fight can be decided; the zed decided the fight and i can do nothing to stop it or impact it.

So as long a death mark is a solution-less problem for my team, zed needs to be banned.

Your rework fails to address this problem.

Caítlyn1 votes

Only takes one word.

Delete.

TheOvermind1 votes

I don't understand ... Delete zed or my post ?

Ralanr1 votes

Delete Zed.

He's an ADC main. So it comes with the territory.

420 grams1 votes

Be fizz. Or, yasuo. I beat him as Diana too

Syruponrofls1 votes

Well is been said already, Lissandra because she gets a free zhonyas at level 6. take flash exhaust and there is no way a zed would be able to kill you in a 1v1 unless you like eat every single bit of poke he throws at you. and get a zhonyas on top of that and you are like invincible.

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