The overall issue with Zed and the lower ranks.

MiladyDW·Aug 17, 2018·4 votes·819 views

Hello everyone, now I know I'm going to get barraged by "git guds" and other sorts of insults but I'm willing to say it. Zed is an issue. Zed is a major issue with us in the lower ranks and levels, especially with Smurf accounts using him against the low leveled players who are still trying to learn the game. I think something has to be done with him in the lower levels and in all honesty there should be a rebalance when it comes to his kit. His shadow clones should be able to be damaged and dispersed. If the shadow clones take damage then zed should take damage. if the shadow clones are hit by a cc skill shot, zed should be affected by it directly. I'm not a game balancer but these are thing that I think would help when it comes to dealing with a problematic character like him.

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wildfox99Aug 17, 20181 votes

so basically giving your enemies a free stun or damage on an immobile shadow?

you could as well asking for removing this champion at this point...

MiladyDWAug 19, 20181 votes

It is justified because lets be real, he's way too powerful, you can use all the CC even have your team dog pile him under the tower and he'll still manage to either kill everyone or just get away without any consequences. His kit is over bloated and lets him practically win any team fight.

wildfox99Aug 19, 20181 votes

if he can do that either you (i mean any player) and your team is playing bad or he's really fed

when he ult a target he will appear behind him (relatively to his initial position,if he was exactly on your right he will appear on your left),with the right timing you can throw your CCs here and stun him before he can do anything

also one of your teammates could get between you and him,heavily reducing his Q damage (it'll deal less than half damage)

if he goes away without consequences it means you either got too near and he ulted you without using his W as gap closer (so he used it as escape) or that you and your team got juked and missed everything

so returning on the original topic:

now I know I'm going to get barraged by "git guds" and other sorts of insults but I'm willing to say it. Zed is an issue.Zed is a major issue with us in the lower ranks and levels, especially with Smurf accounts using him against the low leveled players who are still trying to learn the game.

you can't blame a champion because you don't know how to play against him,also you talk about smurfs and in this case i have to say it it's a big issue,but the problem it's not zed but the fact that the player is smufing (so he's way better than you),they would be an issue with any champion

also making him a free target it's an absurd idea and it doesn't matter how strong he is it would make him unplayable and he would need inane compensations buffs that would make him even more a low elo stomper and even more useless in high elo

if he really need to be weaker at low ranks they should nerf his kit buff giving him compensations buffs that would affect him only in higher elos (stronger in high elo and weaker in low),your idea instead would do the contrary making him stronger in low elo (because all the compensations buff he'd need for this change) but weaker in high

also he would become unfun to play for his players because it would remove their outplay potential and instead make them a free target

it's not an healty change for both sides,making an ability countering the player that is using it is a bad concept

MiladyDWAug 22, 20181 votes

Im not a game balancer, I'm just throwing out the idea because with Zed, he has been unbalanced throughout the entirety of League, he is an issue. In both competitive and casual and out of 141 characters he is the 15th most picked character, sports a 50% win rate and has a 60% ban rate second to Yasuo. He's really strong and the amount outplay potential or skill shouldn't dictate his damage output. However Zed is easy to play, But it also means that you can NEVER attack him, you'd always have to wait for him to screw up and play defensively. If you have the compensation buffs for his kit its going to make the smurfs even stronger. Also with his shadows, they give him a high reward at a little to no risk. He can Harass you from afar with his shuriken throw and spin then he can choose to not dive in on you or to just harass you with a high amount of damage. Overall, Zed is a consistent issue and I understand that people do like him and have skill with him. But even with those points in mind, he still remains a consistent unbalanced issue for the game.