I tried searching various sites and the boards only thing I seem to run into is trollposts and whining so hopefully someone out there has an idea on how to beat this guy.
He just seems to have no exploitable weakness other then the 1 second delay on his ult. I've found success laning against him as 
and 
but after lane phase he just seems impossible to shut down like you can other champs.
Thanks in advanced for any help or direction.
Powderkegg1 votesRush zhonyas. It negates his ult entirely.
Axxlon1 votesRush zhonyas. It negates his ult entirely.
I don't think you can honestly get enough gold for a zhonya before Zed's lv.6 without either getting a First Blood, going deep in the Support Mastery tree, ...or both. :S
Powderkegg1 votesDoesn't matter, even if you go negative in lane against him, the zhonyas negates half of his entire kit making him useless against you for the rest of the game.
colesy1 votesdodge his q
done
colesy1 voteswhen he pops his ult, flash or dash in an unpredictable direction to juke his q
done
zed isn't impossible to deal with, people are just stupid and don't actually play around his abilities.
Axxlon1 voteswhen he pops his ult, flash or dash in an unpredictable direction to juke his q
done
zed isn't impossible to deal with, people are just stupid and don't actually play around his abilities.
"Stupid" is debatable, but it actually takes a lot more effort than you think to evade his entire kit when he's RIGHT in melee range after casting his ult.
colesy1 votesso you get a giant symbol on your champion and then he appears behind you afterwards
so no, it doesn't take that much effort at all, in fact it couldn't be any more choreographed unless they filled your screen with flashing lights saying "juke now".
Hollabakatchya1 votes.>Implying Zed's post-lvl6 doesn't exist.
He's actually right. Outside of his ult mechanics what seperates a good zed from a bad zed is how well they harass with their Q. Just learn to dodge skillshots and immediately punish him for it, and you can shut him down. Smart pinging is good too as bot is basically farm town for zed once he hits 6.
I find I have the most success against Zed as 
, , and 
. The matchup is largely dependant on whose playing the Zed though.
Teslyn1 votesi can beat him with zyra.. Bring exhaust harass him level 1-2 .. play poke till 6 using your abilities not to farm but to harass.. then when he goes in hit him with exhaust and dump everything on him.. you have 2 chances for this to work and it is completely dependent on exhaust being up.. if you get the kill you will start scaling better than him.. he than will roam.. you can not follow... just stay in lane and push.. hope the other lanes dont feed. if he comes back with no success he will be open to ult you again.. exhaust should be up by then.. dump everything and hope for the best.. remember not to exhaust until after you have been hit by his ult. and dont use it for other people .. burning your exhaust to save others when you are mid lane basically will allow zed to get away and probably nuke you later.
if you mess up within the first 8 levels and he gets ahead of you... he will dive you constantly and out scale you hard. you will die.. alot.. it is a very fragile skill based fight for the zyra player but can be done. i have played zyra for over 2 years and took about a year to finally figure this out..
GL
thundersaint321 votesUse 
. You will annihilate anyone unless its two tanks.
