An interesting rework for Zed.

TomA3X·6/7/2015, 3:03:33 PM·2 votes·610 views

I don't know that Zed needs a rework in my opinion, but I had an interesting concept for some changes for him. Obviously, as with any of my other rework ideas nobody will agree, but I still had to write it down somewhere.

Q - Razor Shruiken This ability can remain much the same, except the scalings will need to be nerfed in order to accommodate the increase of power from changes to his Living Shadow. The missile width on the projectile could also be nerfed, but I believe that keeping them moving fast is important.

W - Living Shadow This is where my idea comes in. I was thinking of a system similar to the Azir soldier's system, where Zed has two charges of living shadow and can place them both at will.

Both shadows will mimic Zed's abilities, and he can swap to one by pressing W whilst hovering the mouse over a shadow. However, Zed will not be able to swap shadows more than once every 5 seconds. Getting a kill will reset this, and Zed can also swap to any shadow, including the one he just came from.

I also thought that the annoying % bonus AD should go, in order to add interesting stuff elsewhere in the kit.

E - Shadow Slash This still will remain the same, I can't really think of anything to do with it.

R - Death Mark *Zed and his shadows converge on a target enemy, applying the death mark. The death mark will detonate after 4 seconds, dealing a certain % of damage dealt to the target whilst the mark was active. *

Zed's ultimate is pretty similar to how it is currently, except all of Zed's shadows are removed when he presses it. After he converges on the enemy, a shadow is placed as close to his cursor location as possible, at a shorter range than the W spell. This means that if he chooses to try and escape before the enemy is dead, he risks the possiblity of them surviving and him not being able to swap shadows for a while, alternatively he can use another shadow to all in them, but again, if he doesn't kill them then he is going nowhere.

Okay, I'm done. I just had this idea in my head, it pretty much spilled out. Obviously it's not perfect, especially the ultimate, but what do you think?

7 Comments

AyRe CoNteMpT6/7/2015, 3:14:42 PM1 votes

its generally not a bad idea, its just nothing we need or that would make zed more enjoyable to play with/against than he is right now. like sure there are some problems with zed but they are so far down the list that i would totally not care if he stayed the same forever.

z14GaKI7TO6/7/2015, 3:23:40 PM1 votes

I think having an extra shadow is just asking for disaster. I think there is way too much outplay/juke potential than Zed deserves/needs and would just make him ridiculously annoying to kill/lane against in general. Thats just me though. Maybe I misread something ;p